Macau Matters | Coffee Recycling

The natural world is an excellent recycler – biological processes consume natural resources to live and produce waste, and other processes then further “eat” those wastes and the

Our Desk | Our addiction to waste

Macau’s addiction to waste is a troubling phenomenon, especially because such a disparity exists between what we think we throw out and what we actually do. The

Rear Window | Game of Appeals: Caution and tact highly recommended

Not knowing whether the Public Prosecution Office has filed an appeal against Sulu Sou and Scott Chiang sentencing as we draft this column… we would rather look into

Kapok | Teaching history: what for?

It is not an easy thing to win the heart and mind of the people for government officials in peaceful times. Being elected is a good start,

Made in Macao | Post-truth or indifference?

In these two years, we have seen quite a number of books and news articles published on the topic of “post-truth”. Journalists are claiming we have entered a

Animal Farm | Inflation, where are you, where should you be and where are you going!

When we talk about inflation in Macau, we enter the virtual world of estimating an indicator supposed to measure the increase in the cost of living. Such an indicator

Our Desk | Where can pregnant migrants turn to?

A family friend announced at a social gathering that she is two months pregnant - happy news for all present. Everyone was advising her to be more cautious in

Sport Views | Video replay for refs makes World Cup better

Football can be annoying, especially to those who watch only the big tournaments. There are too many fouls, baffling referee errors and players without a scratch on them

Bizcuits | From plastic-free-July to product stewardship

I knew it was bad: I had sailed dinghies in that murky delta water, ignored whatever happened to be floating past; I had pulled shredded flotsam from large

Girl About Globe | Ye gots! The rise of ‘got it’.

‘Got it’ culture is upon us. You will surely have encountered ‘got it’. A recent example in my life came on Twitter.  When I logged in, I was

Macau Matters | Yet another urban planning mess

The Macau government recently announced that it will develop 2,000 public housing apartments on a waterfront lot near the Pousada Marina Infante Hotel in Taipa. I believe that

Rear Window | Driving woes

Today we would like to lighten up your usual Legco and Courts column with a social affairs theme: cars, cars and cars. A little will be… with a

World Views | Macron misses a chance to shut up

Two weeks before a crucial meeting of EU leaders, member countries are at loggerheads again over immigration. A diplomatic spat between France and Italy’s new populist government shows how

Made in Macao | I think therefore I create: on traffic and romance

One of the greatest miseries we face living in Macao is traffic. Being stuck in traffic is not that bad if we compare to those who are still

Animal Farm | Washing hands?

It has been announced that the Canidrome wants to send the greyhounds to China! The Macau Government’s policy seems to be as usual, following the “laissez

Our Desk | ‘Ke Ban Yin Xiang’

Not every word and phrase in any of the world’s languages can or should be translated. Some words should be borrowed and kept close to their original form

Opinion | HK developers have a shiny new plaything

Hong Kong developers have a shiny new target in their sights: China’s office market. And while the prices they’re paying may be breaking records, the prospects for

Insight | A puzzled Chinese man in love

I met him at a coffee shop near the Nam Van Lake, where he asked my permission to sit at the table. I thought it was an atypical

Bizcuits | Traffic fines: it’s you, not us

When there is an outrage over laws or when the general law-abiding community starts flouting the law, it is probably the law that is unfair or misdirected, not

Girl About Globe | A weekend with your banknote besties! 

A coin has been issued to commemorate the Donald Trump/Kim Jong Un summit. It came out long before the date of the on-again, off-again meeting. On the coin,

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