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,

Chinese burn will only make solar stronger

Remember how there was a glut of computer chips in 2008, and then the world stopped using computer chips? Yeah, me neither. That’s a good reason to

Macau Matters | Going postal

I greatly enjoy reading The Economist each week. I find it very informative and like that it covers political, business, social and technological issues, with a good balance of

Our Desk | Space to play

Recently opened without fanfare, the refurbished playground of Taipa’s Central Park is (as far as I know) the only contemporary children’s playground existing in the Macau SAR.

Rear Window | Presumed guilty

First things first; we should begin with an unequivocal disclaimer of not having any suspicion,  no shadow of a doubt at all, of the full independence and

Made in Macao | A thought on creative development

I believe lots of Star Trek lovers, especially those from North America, have played a drinking game. It goes like this. Whenever Mr. Spock says “fascinating”, we down

Animal Farm | The divine rule of three!

In 2013 the Macao Government decided to set a ceiling of growth in gaming tables at three percent. Economically, for the industry and for the government coffers, this

Our Desk | Fake it until you make it

Macau’s approach to becoming a service platform for Sino-Lusophone trade most closely resembles the saying, “fake it until you make it.” It’s unclear how effective Macau has

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