Macau Matters | My new left hip – part II

A week ago I talked about some of the technical issues relating to joint replacement surgery. Here I would like to talk about hospital issues. However, there

Our Desk | Forgotten buses

Bus line 25 has recently become a hot topic because it was decided that the line would no longer serve the Hac Sa Beach area. Some people

Insight | Misinformed citizens are a peril to democracy

The term “fake news” has been a trending expression since the new US president was elected. Former Agence France-Presse editor-in-chief Eric Wishart, who now works on

Kapok | The art of euphemism

Macao has a bit more to offer than an unlucky hand at a Baccarat table on the Cotai Strip. By unlucky, I mean that although about 2/3rds of Macao’s

Made in Macao | Lotus Flower: luck, purity or a flash in the pan

The last public holiday, Dragon Boat Festival on  May 30, seemed to have brought about some significant postholiday blues among us working class. Not that it was

Legal Wise by MdME | The Medical Error Act calls for dialogue between medical and legal professionals

The Medical Error Act (Law No. 5/2016) came into force in February this year. The law was long awaited as the initial discussions were held 12 years

Macau Matters | My new left hip – part I

It seems that, in combination with other issues, I played too much sport when I was younger and then got fat and lazy, so now I have arthritic

Our Desk | The long-awaited BIG ferry terminal

After 12 long years in the making, the recently inaugurated Taipa Maritime Terminal started to operate on the first day of this month. Taking the risk of

Rear Window | New Macau looking for a third-wave

Suddenly...in the run-up to the 2017 Legislative Assembly elections, Scott Chiang abandoned the top job at the New Macau Association (ANM), leaving local pro-democracy in the odd situation

Bizcuits | Toilet Paper Day

I received an email to remind me that it was National Toilet Paper Day yesterday, in Australia. Apparently it comes to pass on 26 August in America. There

Girl About Globe | The desk grab: office colonialism

There’s a lot to swallow in a modern office. Rage when logged out of a hot-desk. And Marks and Spencer miniature food in buckets. I don’t spend

Our Desk | SMEs here and there

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been playing a significant role in the territory – whether in terms of providing local jobs or providing local retail and gaming operators

World views | Trump Is right, Germany’s carmakers are downright evil

When they want Donald Trump to grasp a topic, his advisers have learned to keep things simple. Visual aids help. Unfortunately, global economic imbalances - the massive

Kapok | Suicide in Macao

Émile Durkheim was the first academic to dedicate a whole book to suicide. In his seminal work, the French sociologist was able to distinguish between egoistic, altruistic, anomic

Made in Macao | Multicultural eating and family dinner

There is a Chinese saying 「民以食為天」roughly translated as “Food is the first necessity of the people”, that says Macao must be a heaven to many. In almost

Legal Wise by MdME | Automatic exchange of information in the age of global tax transparency

The growing concerns across multiple jurisdictions with the promotion of tax transparency and fighting cross-border tax evasion have led to a global commitment towards implementing international tax

Macau Matters | Theatre Art Life

By now, it is clear that the future of Macau rests on it developing much more extensive and “family friendly” entertainment and relaxation opportunities for tourists and locals

Our Desk | The problem with year-on-year growth

At the start of every month, the Gaming and Inspection Bureau (DICJ) releases the gross gaming revenue (GGR) results for the previous month and expresses the growth in

Rear Window | One Belt, One Road fascination

The Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road - together The Initiative - attracted to Beijing nearly 70 countries and international organizations unable to

Bizcuits | G2E Asia USA

G2E Asia has been on in Macau this week. The expo expanded into Asia in 2007 from its Las Vegas foundation at a time when there was clearly

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