Bizcuits | Bus driver culture shift

How many of us choked on our Weeties yesterday morning? Raising concerns about the quality of bus services and in particular, drivers’ skills in the legislative

Girl About Globe | Murder and an Orient success?

Hercule Poirot. A name many of us know but we are perhaps uncertain of further detail. If he were to have a Tinder profile (unlikely, but it is

World Views | Google can’t bring itself to tolerate diversity

Over the weekend, a Google engineer named James Damore gained infamy for publishing a 10-page criticism of the company’s “authoritarian” approach to achieving gender diversity. By Monday,

Our Desk | What is it like without Uber?

The exit of Uber in the city has left many residents upset and frustrated, furious and ridiculed. After trying so hard to legalize its service in Macau,

World Views | Google and Facebook emerge as the new media barons

A handful of big technology companies are becoming the next William Randolph Hearst and Walt Disney: They wield enormous power over what news and entertainment get made.

Kapok | The bickerers

The contrast is quite shocking really: on the one hand, legislators who are either appointed or not even elected, but rather endorsed by corporations and traditional associations according to

Made in Macao | The God of War and business prosperity

One thing we all know about the Chinese religions, whether it’s Taoism, Buddhism or Shenism, is that they have a large number of deities, and there is often

Macau Matters | Taipa Ferry Terminal Shemozzle

My hip replacement surgery recovery has proceeded well, and I am very happy with the outcome. I was finally able to travel home to Macau last Thursday but

Our Desk | Politicians make their points more clearly if given less time

The Legislative Assembly (AL) recently passed a proposal which suggests an amendment of AL procedures. The original draft of the bill included 24 detailed proposals which

Rear Window | Dress code for all seasons

Departing Vong Hin Fai - as an appointed bencher and one soon to replace fellow lawmaker and lawyer Leonel Alves as the Professional Interests functional constituency representative at

Bizcuits | The value of labour

As an idealist, I have preferred to deny that people and cultures value human life differently. That stark contrast in values, or at least an appearance of difference,

Girl About Globe | T8 from Pyongyang

If there’s something coming at you from the sky, and it’s from North Korea, no need to worry. It’s just a typhoon. Hong Kong Observatory recently tweeted ‘additions to

World Views | Merck, Samsung accelerate a biosimilar drug price war

Well, that was a short honeymoon.  Back in November, when Pfizer Inc. launched its biosimilar - a generic version of a drug made with living cells - of

Views on China | Hong Kong stocks are riding a runaway liquidity train

When investors place large orders on China Mobile Ltd. on a sleepy Friday afternoon in high summer, it’s a good sign that Hong Kong’s bull train is hard

Views on China | China’s overextended consumers adding even more debt

Macau has long been regarded as a barometer of China’s economic activities. This makes sense as long as much of China’s economy continues to be driven by construction

Kapok | The variable geometry of the ‘one country’

The fact that Macao immigration has been barring some Hong Kong residents from entering the territory of the Macao SAR is widely acknowledged and documented. It is neither

Made in Macao | The importance of living close to work

How many people in Macao woke up this morning and wondered how they were ever going to get to work? These are gloomy days with constant unexpected showers,

Legal Wise by MdME | Promising unicorns land

Unicorns, known as mythical magical creatures that belong in fantasy lands, are nowadays the jargon used worldwide to refer to successful, privately-held startup ventures valued at over one billion

Macau Matters | Flawed Career Expectations

For the first time since 2009, I have recently started teaching Project Management courses for university undergraduates. (By the way, I strongly believe that understanding teams and projects

World Views | Uber’s Napoleon moment might not be its last retreat

He probably wouldn’t agree, but it’s fortunate in one way for Travis Kalanick that he’s no longer in charge of Uber Technologies Inc. At least he won’t have

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