FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho
Macau,
It’s common to find in mainland China examples of what I deem the “fake international” model. To give a familiar example, in a newly developed area in Hengqin there is
On December 30, the official reports on the latest elections of both the Legislative Assembly (AL) and the Chief Executive (CE) were made public. At long last - as this
If China’s financial woes spell doom for Germany’s automakers, somebody forgot to tell Daimler. Its Mercedes-Benz brand recorded a 31 per cent jump in China sales in December, according to figures released on Friday,
As Chinese New Year approaches, we can see people getting ready everywhere, ordering New Year food, buying red envelopes, and, earlier than before, they have started preparations by exchanging their
Ever since the 2008 global financial crisis, pundits have tried to guess which country could set off the next implosion. Last week, China seemed to put itself forward as a
In the aftermath of the so-called Dore heist, the Secretary for Economy and Finance and the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau imposed stricter accounting rules on junket operators in a
Father Christmas - as he is known in some older subcultures of my Australian home – took to the waves on a surfboard in 1977. At that time, an awareness
It’d be hard to find anyone in Hong Kong who honestly believes that the five missing booksellers were not blackmailed, kidnapped or perhaps ‘honey trapped’; set up in sex-related situations.
I have just been reading that Sweden is likely to be the first country to totally eliminate cash in the form of coins and notes, and maybe this is a
Many industry leaders attribute this decline to rent increases and the invasion of the market by online bookstores and the growth of e-readers. Indeed, across China bookstores have survived either
That is the theme of my latest book, “The Only Game in Town: Central Banks, Instability and Avoiding the Next Collapse,” which is scheduled to be published Jan. 26. It
One of the biggest buzz among citizens of Macau during this Christmas Break is undoubtedly the Macao Light Festival 2015. The Tinkerbell-like Butterfly Fairy has met with enormous success, as
Economic inequality has skyrocketed in the U.S. during the past few decades. That has prompted many calls for government policies to reverse that trend. Defenders of the status quo argue
As the low-budget season comes to its end, we guess it is the appropriate time to try pinpointing the trends that made 2015 different enough to be remembered as a
Well done LegCo bin bombers. Just what those who want to restrict our freedoms need. Now it’s we told you so; Hong Kong is not ready for more freedom, security
Last October, the government set up a committee to help advance the transformation of Macau into a “World Centre for Tourism and Leisure” (WCTL). The information was released in an Executive
Occasionally taking a few steps backwards in order to get a better and wider perspective on one’s own status and development sounds like an imperative, and better even when it
Long before I was a movie writer and critic, I was a teenager driving up the Garden State Parkway in a Storm Trooper helmet, inquiring toll booth attendants if they
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred’s decision to uphold Pete Rose’s permanent ban for gambling should come as no surprise. Even for those who think the ban should be lifted
The South China Morning Post (SCMP) for Sunday 13 December contains a “Designers Shine with Shoe Creations” article on page 6. I do not want to criticise the SMCP, or
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