FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho
Macau,
Suppose that in the coming decades, Americans have a moral awakening with respect to the consumption of meat. Suppose they conclude that eating meat is a grievous
Even though the draft bill to set a statutory minimum wage of MOP32 per hour has been accepted this week in the Legislative Assembly, it continues to divide
The idea of turning to Amazon.com Inc.’s gaffe-prone Alexa in a medical emergency has always seemed to be a bit of a sick joke. YouTube is
To fulfill some family commitments, my wife and I flew to the US on a recent Sunday morning. To avoid the pain and stress of getting up at
The former president of the Legislative Assembly (AL) Ho Iat Seng is widely considered the most likely next Chief Executive (CE). The first to publicly acknowledge that
* Ho Iat Seng gears up for Chief Executive run * Tens of thousands take message to mainlanders * A senior tourism official has said that a proposed tax would be set
In the earliest days of the United States, John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail about the celebration of independence, “It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with
Nowadays, we hear the phrases “I have to lose weight” or “I am trying to lose weight” almost every day from people around us. From 200 pound six-feet-tall
Ten years ago I wrote “The Chui Sai On Challenges” as follows: “Continue, improve, simplify, anticipate and innovate … During these ... years of activity of
The two cases of rape of minors reported by the Judiciary Police yesterday can be described as nothing short of appalling, especially as one of the little girls
Is there any hope that the fast-decoupling U.S. and Chinese governments can resolve their trade dispute, and inject a bit of pep into the weakening global economy? Yes
I dream of a day when all the casinos in Macau have edible gardens on their expansive roof-top real estate. I have voiced this only once
When President Trump arrives at the Group of 20 summit in Osaka on Friday, many of his peers will want to discuss bilateral crises with him: China’s Xi
I am a bit surprised that I have not heard about rising pork prices in Macau. But, I loathe all kinds of shopping, including for food, and we
Carrefour SA, Europe’s largest retailer, may be the latest Western company to pull back from China. It’s unlikely to be the last. Over the past few years,
August is around the corner. Is Macau well prepared to embrace all the smells and colors of trash? Macau’s recycling spirit should start being developed
Two million Hong Kong residents felt obliged to go down to Admiralty to fight against a fishy extradition bill, deemed an “evil law” by the freshly released Occupy
The contrast could not be more striking: while in Hong Kong two million residents were taking to the streets to express their dissatisfaction at Chief Executive Carry Lam,
These days an ancient Chinese quote keeps resonating in my mind: 萬慤얇備 怜퓐東風 (Everything is ready, except for the East wind). This is a famous quote
China has in recent years gained a huge international profile, despite being a country with a single-party political system. Elsewhere, the capitalist system grew, modernized, and expanded
If we are living through historic events, would we know? In 1965, Arthur Danto, a philosopher at Columbia University, argued that it is impossible to tell, when
From modest beginnings in Perth in 2011, Plastic-Free July is back with #ChooseToRefuse and #PlasticFreeJuly challenges. Last year over 2 million people from 177 countries participated (14,000 people
Hong Kong is facing an existential threat. A When the U.K. handed back control of Hong Kong to China in 1997, Beijing promised the city that it
“See things, travel, build up experiences and back to the work. If you don’t see enough, haven’t traveled enough and haven’t tried to invest in new things,
The 30th anniversary of the bloody crackdown in Tiananmen Square, perhaps the most worrying of 2019 ephemerides, went by without so much as an unpredictable event, without too
Remembering and commemorating June 4, 1989 is not an easy task. First and foremost as the government that sits in Beijing forbids and effectively prevents any attempt
I have written a lot about stories and legends relating to the coming Tuen Ng Festival, better known as the Dragon Boat Festival, which is tomorrow, Friday, 7
The rate of inflation gives us a rough idea of the loss in our purchasing power. It is risky to trust these indicators too much as translating averages do
It is becoming increasingly common for Macau employees in multinational corporations to be awarded Share Options (also referred to as Stock Options – “SOs”) or Restricted Share Units
With the retendering process for the gaming licenses on the horizon, incumbent concessionaires are informing the public about what they are doing to support the local community.
This August will stage my first Chief Executive election, having arrived in Macau four years ago. Of course, like most of you, I am just an observer. All
As I have previously stated in these articles, the science underpinning our understanding of climate change is irrefutable. Only the most selfish and pathological Luddites can believe, or
The term “non-gaming” has been included for a while in the local vocabulary, especially among government officials. The term, imported all the way from Beijing, seemed to
Media organizations, and journalists, mainly through the Macau Portuguese and English Press Association (AIPIM), have of late been voicing a degree of concern about the freedom of expression
Reference documents and generic resolutions adopted by the United Nations are usually dismissed by critics as either too broad, too generous or too normative, and sometimes the three
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