FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho
Macau,
In the early hours of the first day of the Year of the Monkey (February 8), I visited the A-Ma Temple and witnessed a memorable moment. The night was misty
What just happened in Hong Kong should not leave us indifferent, and deserves better than short rehashes of the most police-friendly article of the South China Morning Post or anxiety-conjuring
For the New Macau Association leadership and one of its veteran founders, it’s definitely an “auf wiedersehen!” The departure of Au Kam San came as no surprise, given the differences
Macau has a way of giving us crazy life experiences if you so choose to take advantage of the gifts this pearl of a region presents from time to time.
On to New Hampshire. But first, before it fades, here’s what’s in the rear-view mirror in Iowa. 1. For the Democrats, there are two ways of interpreting what was basically a
The Legislative Council Finance committee looks set to approve the additional funding needed for the world’s most expensive high-speed rail without waiting for the council’s public works subcommittee’s approval, required
Along with many other parts of the world, Macau has to cope with a growing elderly population. Continuing improvements in healthcare and food availability mean that people are living longer,
For a president who famously advocated for a world without nuclear weapons, Barack Obama has done a lot to keep the U.S. nuclear arsenal intact. That’s not a criticism –
Has the world entered a period in which economies simply won’t grow at the rate they once did? Radical as the thought may seem, it might not be radical enough. A
Reports released by any audit commission anywhere are often written in a dreary, matter-of-fact style, and deal with topics that, although of general interest and direct taxpayer concern, seldom capture
You’d be forgiven for missing this footnote from the Conference Board’s latest economic outlook: “This year’s Global Economic Outlook uses an alternate series of GDP estimates for China, which adjusts for overstated
The “extreme” cold weather these last few days in Macao has got me thinking about the good old days – days when we used to have a normal-length cold-ish winter.
That is to say nothing about my first experience of riding in a taxi in Macau, in which I paid about MOP200 for a ten-minute ride from downtown to the
1. Unexpectedly the Bishop, who is almost 70 and is now known to have been dealing with some health issues and undergoing medical treatment, tended his resignation as the head
The Mid-term Review and the independence of the research process: How can you have a researcher with known political aspirations be involved in a review of the industry that will
Let’s use an f-word: “fake.” And another? How about “framed.” Fake is how the edited, inconsistent confession of publisher Gui Minhai appears to his daughter and to most Hong Kongers.
Aquaponics is the combination of aquaculture for growing fish and hydroponics for growing plants that is often used in old factory buildings in cities. It is something to consider for
A couple of years ago, a discussion began on a popular web forum for photographers. As, what I am guessing was meant as a joke, someone asked, “Where do the photos
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
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