FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho
Macau,
Australians have a fondness for rogues. Tomes have been written about the Aussie finger-flick at authority. Our naughtiness is generally transparent, with a wink and a nod, even bared bottoms,
When you ask young people in Macao what the biggest cultural phenomenon is these days, most of them would tell you “Pokémon Go.” This gaming app has spread Pokémon mania
The Forum Macau was launched in late 2003 with the purpose of promoting the ‘multilateral co-operation mechanism aimed at consolidating economic and trade exchanges between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries’. Since
Recently, the Premier of China, Li Keqiang visited Macau for a three-day inspection tour. The Premier said that Macau, despite facing the world’s slow recovery from the economic crisis and
Despite its origin being disputed…the well-known and eternal Taoist saying about giving fish, or teaching how to fish in order to satisfy or kill the hunger, has unlimited potential, so
When then Premier Wen Jiabao visited Macao in November 2010, he reminded the SAR government that “power to operate under the sun” and that it was duty-bound “to spend
China just trounced snooty sommeliers in the 100ml final of the Chardonnay Olympics. That’s millilitres. China’s medal haul in Rio was judged poor – but they don’t lose in booze. The
Traditional theory says a cheaper currency should be good news for an export-dependent nation that’s losing ground to lower-cost rivals. That doesn’t apply in China’s case, and its banks could
The “debutante” Macau Grand Prix Organizing Committee (MGPOC) announced earlier this month regarding the exit of Motor Race Consultant’s Barry Bland that the “status of this year’s Formula 3 Macau
I am periodically reminded that there is no such thing as a coincidence. Although I’m yet to determine an alternative name for the phenomenon, it’s only in Macau that I’m
Two things that usually come to mind when it comes to Chung Yeung Festival 重陽節 are ancestor-worship and mountain climbing. However, Chung Yeung Festival was not started as a day
After decades without any consistent urban development regulations, the enactment of the Urban Planning Law in 2013 raised the expectations of all stakeholders for how it would positively impact the
It looks like a kind of swampy unease has been spreading among Macau civil society. And it has been affecting everybody, indeed, from the traditional Legislative Assembly-based democrats, to the
A week ago, HK01, a Hong Kong-based Chinese online newspaper cooperating with The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists revealed that our Chief Executive, Fernando Chui Sai On, and his legislator
I have two left feet. They came in a box, from Adidas. This formed part of the hassle involved in the purchase of trainers. Did you know there are trainers for
Among investors and economists who study China, few arguments are more contentious than growth - more specifically, how to measure it. Officially, China’s economy has been growing at an annualized
Here in Macau, I seldom hear nor see residents discriminate each other, may it be against age, physical features or career; but apparently, some non-Chinese residing in the city tend
Europe is over-banked. Mario Draghi knows it; John Cryan knows it; even Twitter knows it. So it’s a shame that euro zone bank mergers still look so painful. There’s clearly little
A topic close to my heart, and coincidentally commented on by a number of friends and colleagues this week and again tangentially in this column by Jenny Lao-Phillips yesterday, is
A non-resident of Macao once commented with envy on the many public holidays we enjoy in this Special Administrative Region. I remember that when he wondered aloud what we “Macaoians”
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