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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho
Macau,
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
With its first foray into the troubled world of newspapers and magazines, Alibaba got a good deal. If it can get the South China Morning Post read around the world,
1. Next month’s administrative revamp comes late, but it’s better late than never. The Times recently described a case where the management of a public infrastructure project shifted several times
35 years on, we have been reminded all too often these last weeks of acts of violence against others. John Lennon was assassinated on 8th December 1980 at the hands
The appointment of a new deputy head of the University of Hong Kong has reappeared in the news again, with more leaks from the University Council meeting on the subject
The team that calls itself the best in the world is entangled in an ordeal that only amateur clubs are used to dealing with. Real Madrid inexplicably fielded an ineligible player
Now it’s December, the fairy lights are up in Senado Square and you can almost taste Christmas in the air. Well not quite. Macau’s winter breezes generally smell more like
If not for the motto we selected today as a title for our column, we would dare to claim that a small revolution is taking place in the MSAR’s troubled
By mid-2015, gambling-related crimes had already gone up by more than a third, with loan sharking cases and unlawful detentions being of particular concern. This trend was just confirmed by
To many eyes, India looks like a roadblock to an effective world climate deal. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s demand for “climate justice” - meaning that rich nations should reduce their
Being one of the few local Chinese among a group invited to a wedding recently, acquaintances new to Macao naturally came to me for advice on the custom of local
The 62nd edition of the Macau Grand Prix came to an end on November 22. In times when “diversification” seems to be a major political buzzword seemingly fit for any
China has set about taming its unruly financial sector with characteristic vigor. Its government is busy investigating dubious banks, detaining suspected insider traders, and proposing overhauls of its regulatory system.
Since the murder of a 5-year-old boy in early October by his expatriate Belgian father battling for child custody in Singapore, expatriate divorce, its causes and consequences, have become topics
Isn’t it great to have a new force in politics here after so many years of stalemate; in this case the youth? For so long voters have been mainly divided
It is now a few years since Macau people spent many billions of patacas to build the Hengqin campus of the University of Macau. As I have only recently had
The World Economic Forum (best known for organizing the annual Davos shindig) just published its annual Gender Gap report. It makes for thoroughly depressing reading. On current trends, it will
In the past few days, in the wake of the horrendous terrorist attacks in Paris, I have been confronted by the best and the worst. On the side of the best,
What it means for a European nation and member of NATO to declare war against a stateless band of terrorists is an interesting and important question, made urgent by Islamic
It was quite surprising to hear the sound of a small explosion somewhere in Macau on Black Friday. At once, I realized, being Macau, it must be the fireworks. What
Probably the most hyped-up single policy change to come out of China for years, the relaxation of Beijing’s one child policy has been chronicled to death in the media over
All of those statements seem to show an unwillingness from China to develop towards a model that upholds the major provisions of the Basic Law(s) in Hong Kong and Macau,
Next week will see the start of the delivery of Macau’s 2016 Policy Address by the CE followed by various sessions over subsequent days to explain the programme and answer
The sad saga of Chow Siu-shuen, and that of her grandson, Xiao Youhuai – a woman prosecuted for caring for her grandson after his parents abandoned him – has taken
In many parts of the developed world people have been able to go online, shop for groceries and other things and have them home delivered for years. Every week, for
The U.S. economy added an impressive 271,000 jobs in October, as you’ve surely heard. The industry that led the way was professional and business services, with an increase of 78,000.
Besides the commonly applied superlatives giving the enclave its singular profile – trivia, such as cars inch by inch or the squeeze of people sharing space, air and water, GDP
In any polity of the world, public spending does matter. In fact, public finance is at the crux of public policy making and constitutes a necessary reality check on the
China’s leaders have been busy lately, finalizing the country’s new five-year plan. The details won’t be announced for a while, but most observers aren’t much interested in the fine points
There are different things we say when meeting people we know on the street. Among these, the most common greeting used to be “最近好嗎 Zui jin hao ma?” which translates
It probably goes without saying, but the financial services sector has placed a tremendous amount of trust in its computers. They’re trusted to execute automated investment strategies, trusted to interact
If you are truly lucky enough with children (and students and employees, for that matter), you experience those rewarding moments when you’re offered a glimpse of the way they are
Hong Kong and Asia’s richest man Li Ka-shing has finally been officially described accurately in China: a profit-only motivated man, and no patriot. The final straw was when he moved
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