In the latter part of the year, for the last few years, there have been storms of analysts and would-be investors in Japan’s casino IRs talking up the
I was at Macau Ferry terminal. An amiable young man in a uniform loomed up and asked: ‘Will you take part in a survey?’ I answered: ‘How long will
A grant of use (also known as “GOU”) is an agreement required to rightfully operate a retail business and is commonly used by owners (landlords) in Macau
To me it is clear that we are in a major transition in road transport. In the not too distant future, when people want to go somewhere they
Amid the panic and confusion caused by India’s ban on 86 percent of cash in circulation, there’s hope that the pain in the stock market won’t last beyond
London has a property problem. Brexit is looming, potentially wiping out thousands of finance jobs, real-estate investment trusts are slumping, office values are dropping, and the city
It is again that time of the year when the executive power in Macao is trying very hard to look accountable to the people: the Chief Executive (CE) solemnly
Talking about cultural experience in Macao, one of the most beloved experiences among both locals and expatriates is “yum cha” 飲茶, literally translated as “Drink” and “Tea”. It
For now, China’s leaders seem to be discounting U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s threats to punish them for allegedly unfair trade practices. The fact is that if they were to
Who would have thought that telecommunication technology would bring our generation to unexpected possibilities, particularly in the area of online dating? Dating interactions have gone from sending love letters
Dear Editor, Last week, the 20-year-old activist Joshua Wong visited Washington as part of an event held by the US congressional panel co-chaired by Senator Marco Rubio.
The charges brought up against the former Prosecutor General Ho Chio Meng seem to substantially and formally have the potential, if not to dwarf, at least to equal in
It was November 1995. We were relaxing after dinner, probably watching television, when the door-bell rang. In waltzed a close friend, beaming. He’d just left his wife safely
Men care less about their balls - because of Donald Trump. Damsels, we have a chance for realignment of popular culture. Grab hard! Football TV
In a recent judgment, the Singapore Court of Appeal concluded that the China-Laos Bilateral Investment Treaty extends to Macau, meaning that the bilateral investment treaties to which
As Donald Trump builds his administration, it’s important to distinguish between his legitimate decisions on personnel and policy - even those that differ substantially from mainstream ones - and
While every student around me complains about how bad it is to be in school and sit exams which are fit for only one kind of student, the city’s
“Politicians don’t talk. They make sounds. It’s just noise.” Character played by Robert Redford “The Candidate” (1972) Donald Trump’s unexpected rise to
Until the jaw-dropping election of Donald Trump on November 9, all the feverish political discussions I have had on and off-line for almost a month somehow revolved around
As we enter the month of November, the atmosphere seems to be permeated with a sense of an older Macao. The safety blockades along the Guia Race Circuit
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