Most students in Macao are now halfway through their first semester, or in some high schools, have probably completed their first term. This is a time when the
With a total area of 30.5 square kilometer, Macau is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. Inevitably, the lack of space equates to
Wide scale adoption of electrically powered buses is a “no brainer”; the only question is when. Electric buses are significantly quieter and produce virtually no roadside pollution. Depending
Donald Trump's grand tour of Asia will attract a lot of attention this week, but in one respect the fuss will be misleading. The president will be no more
Once again the Legislative Assembly killed the trade union bill on the first reading…if we are allowed to borrow from an inspired spaghetti-western style book to address the
London. A spa treat at the Ham Yard Hotel, the city’s latest and hottest, just north of Piccadilly. Its spa appeared in the ‘Ten Best Spas in London’
Last weekend, officials in Puerto Rico announced that they’re pulling the plug on a controversial USD300 million contract to rebuild the island’s electrical grid after Hurricane Maria. The previous contractor, Whitefish Energy Holdings
The new legislators elected and appointed to the Legislative Assembly (AL) last month were seemingly not enough to tip the balance in favor of the ayes when it
Singapore works. Or that was the city-state’s reputation until one December day six years ago, when a solitary defective fastener brought the subway system screeching to a halt.
Sands has assessed that a sufficiently respectful time has passed to celebrate their tenth birthday, after putting aside plans for the party which were wiped from the schedule
A nomad lives under a constant change of location, involving minimum attachment to the immediate surroundings, not letting things own them, and meeting different people from different cultures.
Macau has some wonderful old parks and gardens, but in my opinion some of our newer public spaces leave much to be desired. Why do our architects and
I have seen a number of Western backpackers who claim to be touring the world but ask locals for money to help them fund their travels in Southeast
Regardless of status, or anything else, everybody belongs to a community, either large or as small as the Macau Special Administrative Region, has to play many roles, has
In The Leopard, the beautiful novel by Lampedusa set in slow-changing Sicily, Trancredi’s famous assertion that “everything must change for everything to remain the same” holds a particular
From balls in the face to swingers, it’s all happening over a drink. The latest thing in the drinks industry is ‘activity pubs’. Attendance at the
Who will rise and fall at this week’s Communist Party congress in Beijing remains shrouded in the usual thick mist of Chinese politics. But the outcome of the
Recently, Capital Airlines launched a flight route connecting Lisbon to Beijing, and, in July, the route was extended from Beijing to Macau. During September and October,
Hong Kong is needlessly inviting trouble - and dirty money. That would be the most obvious interpretation of the recent tweaks in the financial center’s anti-money-laundering guidelines.
Life was happier, focused, simpler (some may say one of ignorance and naivety) before I started to read the news in my mid-thirties. After yesterday’s headline, I am
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