Bizcuits | Ethnocentrism clouds analysis

Although flagged in gaming analyst reports back in February 2018, the public announcement of a reshuffling of the control of the Stanley Ho family gaming empire on Wednesday

Friday, February 1, 2019 – edition no. 3222

* Xi’s tough talk on Taiwan backfires, as Tsai support surges * ‘Secret meetings’ in parliament * Macau’s car fleet holds stable * Bangkok flies drones in bad air battle   DOWNLOAD

The Old Man and the Play

  * Movies: Arctic * Books: We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin * Music: Late Riser by Frances Cone * Wine: The Stateside Spirit IV

‘Arctic’ is a solid, and solitary, survival tale

The premise for “Arctic” is so simple it’s almost silly to describe: Stranded man tries to survive. It’s also been done more than a few times

Ruffin’s debut novel is challenging, thought-provoking

A fear-driven, racially charged world is the land in which the narrator of “We Cast a Shadow” lives. Half the black community — and eight out of 10 black

Frances Cone delivers dreampop with a purpose

Frances Cone’s new album “Late Riser” is a brilliant work of modern melancholia that finds the sweet spot between soothing and soaring. Call it dreampop with a

News of the World | Old friend keeps word to Hemingway

When the 1958 film adaptation of “The Old Man and the Sea” hit theaters, Ernest Hemingway happened to be in New York City to watch the World

The Stateside Spirit IV

(Continued from “The Stateside Spirit III” on 25 January 2019) Tennessee whiskey is, in a nutshell, a regional style of Bourbon whiskey. Tennessee whiskey is subject to

Travelog | Weird Paris debut of immersive Stalinist reality show DAU

Imagine setting aside two years of your life to work, sleep and procreate in a fake Stalinist physics lab. A place where secret police or hidden microphones

Property expert calls for easing of license acquisition

Acquiring operation licenses remains a challenge for business operators keen on starting a firm in the region. Real estate expert Oliver Tong called on the government

Minister of Foreign Affairs | Canadian man’s arrest in Macau not linked to China detentions

The arrest of a Canadian man (surnamed Leao) in Macau is not linked to the detention of other Canadian citizens in China. “I can

Aviation | New sevices base well entrenched and ‘here to stay’

TAG Aviation, a private and business aviation services firm, has chosen Macau for its first fixed base operation in the Asia-Pacific region. Joining three existing operations

Lam Wai Hou officially appointed GDI head

The acting director of the Infrastructure Development Office (GDI), Lam Wai Hou, has been officially appointed GDI Director for the period of Feb. 1, 2019 to June 29, 2019,

HKZMB’s effect on Zhuhai considered ‘far from enough’

The mayor of Zhuhai, Yao Yisheng, said that the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HKZMB) is far from enough in terms of its effect on Zhuhai, according to the

MGM aims to create platform between local and global artists

MGM is seeking to have local artists share and exchange works with global artists in a bid to boost the city’s art scene. As the

BNU profits fell 17 percent

The figures came from an analysis of the bank’s Annual Trial Balance, published yesterday in the government’s Official Gazette (BO). According to the final balance sheet that closed the

Tourism | Tour groups above 9m benchmark in 2018

Visitors on package tours totalled 9,096,000 in 2018, up by 5.5 percent year-on-year, with those from mainland China (7,103,000), South Korea (616,000) and Taiwan (696,000) recording increases of 2.6

Three football fields proposed for new urban zone A

The Sports Bureau (ID) has made a proposal to the relevant governmental department to build at least three football courts in the New Urban Zone A.

Gaming | Duterte’s ban clouds Philippines’ casino push, regulator says

The Philippines’ gaming chief said she will ask President Rodrigo Duterte to relax a ban on new casino licenses as the nation risks losing out on a

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