FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho
Macau,
The power of political control has won over sensitivities as Japan takes its first steps towards legalising gaming. The Japanese Diet, in an “extended, embittered session” to the early
In the latter part of the year, for the last few years, there have been storms of analysts and would-be investors in Japan’s casino IRs talking up the
It was November 1995. We were relaxing after dinner, probably watching television, when the door-bell rang. In waltzed a close friend, beaming. He’d just left his wife safely
Cost creep is insidious. The insanity of prices of food in our little town just hit home. Price pressures sneak up unannounced until there’s a moment of comparison to a
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,
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
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
Today is U-day: the day Uber, the app-based ride-sharing company, leaves Macau. As articulately presented by Gonçalo Maia in Wednesday’s opinion piece, Uber has long been hailed by Macau passengers
Smell is dreadfully under-rated. We are reminded of its value when it is lost or when assailed by reeking odours, touched by floral caresses or enticed by kitchen bouquets. Without this
They are leaving again: expatriate friends that have been part of our lives are moving back home or moving on. It seems to happen in waves, and summer is the
An MDT Decisive Moment photograph and a letter to the editor in June lead me in a roundabout way to participate in the Plastic Free July Challenge. Plastic Free July is
A new sign of the summer holidays arriving are those emails from BNU promoting their foreign banknote online ordering system. In my rare moments of need for currency at this
The Decisive Moment photograph on MDT’s back page last Monday showing mostly plastic debris strewn over Macau’s famous Hac Sa beach seems to have raised some ire and despondency. Documented
For a number of years now Macau has been bent upon positioning itself as the World Centre of Tourism and Leisure. Ambition and aspiration are worthy attributes, and such slogans
No more for me the days of the classic expatriate meltdown: Life is just easier to appear to go with the flow, but never say die. My motto has morphed
What was to be of interest in Wednesday’s presentation of the gaming industry’s mid-term review was not so much the content but how it was to be framed, its justification
I need sleep. That’s the only thing really on my mind these days: how to get more of it at the appropriate moment. Rather than pull the ‘I’m so tired’ bunting
For those move to Macau from somewhere else, those first few weeks bring an incredible array of responses – excitement and awe but also frustration and bewilderment. Most telling are
What especially highlights the intrusion of modern technology into our daily lives is when work routines are disrupted by holidays. Summer holidays, Christmas and the more recent holidays over Easter
Coming at different angles on the term localisation, there appear two conflicting meanings. The expatriate package for high-flying executives with full relocation and repatriation costs, accommodation and hardship allowances, club
To dismiss arguments for the hiring and promotion of foreign workers, and to justify and support the position that the interests of the resident workforce are paramount, Macau has been
Behind the statistics reported yesterday in MDT and Human Resource Office comments on the necessity of skilled non-resident workers, there is a piece of the puzzle missing about Macau’s working
Macau has a way of giving us crazy life experiences if you so choose to take advantage of the gifts this pearl of a region presents from time to time.
The Mid-term Review and the independence of the research process: How can you have a researcher with known political aspirations be involved in a review of the industry that will
Father Christmas - as he is known in some older subcultures of my Australian home – took to the waves on a surfboard in 1977. At that time, an awareness
35 years on, we have been reminded all too often these last weeks of acts of violence against others. John Lennon was assassinated on 8th December 1980 at the hands
Since the murder of a 5-year-old boy in early October by his expatriate Belgian father battling for child custody in Singapore, expatriate divorce, its causes and consequences, have become topics
Next week will see the start of the delivery of Macau’s 2016 Policy Address by the CE followed by various sessions over subsequent days to explain the programme and answer
If you are truly lucky enough with children (and students and employees, for that matter), you experience those rewarding moments when you’re offered a glimpse of the way they are
For those who remember Kermit the Frog, “it’s not easy being green.” We can try very hard but unless the infrastructure is available, minimising our carbon footprint is difficult; almost
There’s little doubt that expatriates perform better on assignment when they are supported by their companies – real studies confirm this. Most expats are brought to Macau because they have proven
The social media response a couple of weeks ago to cases of child abuse and the subsequent death of an infant allegedly at the hands of a (probably undertrained and
I received a strange letter in my letter-box earlier this week from one of my neighbours – I have six. Strange because the letter wasn’t addressed to me but to
“The best speakers are good storytellers. The best writers are good storytellers. The best leaders are good storytellers.” – Rodger Dean Duncan Power and influence can come from unexpected sources. The
It’s easy to blame massification of tertiary education for the fact that educators have now to consider maintaining discipline in the classroom. In the past, with engaged, clever students, a
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