Tag: Insight
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Insight | For now, the HKZMB is a white elephant
My first impression when arriving to the Macau port of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge was the disproportionate grandeur of the facility, with many empty corridors and ... -
Insight | Where are the poets, the wild ones?
Looking at the Chinese literary scene, one wonders, where are the poets, the non-conformists? Where are, as Kerouac put it, “the mad ones, the ones who ... -
Insight | Many ‘blue cards’ have no other home, but are treated like coolies
In a move seen by many as discriminatory, the public hospital Conde de São Januário (CHCSJ) has proposed that the service fee of natural childbirth for ... -
Insight | Is Hengqin an empty promise for Macau?
Hengqin Island has undergone massive development over the past few years. When I first visited the neighboring island in 2009, there was almost nothing there besides ... -
Insight | Missed opportunities
In Macau’s politics we often see the application of the principle articulated by the writer Tomasi di Lampedusa in his novel “The Leopard”: “If you want ... -
Insight | To play or not to play politics – that is the question
1. The plan to create a municipal body “with no political power” was restated at the Legislative Assembly (AL) by the Secretary for Administration and Justice, ... -
Insight | Some of the best movies on journalism
Because of its conflicted nature, journalism has been portrayed by American films since the beginning of the cinema industry. Following the work of a Boston Globe ... -
Insight | Welcome to the Year of the Monkey
In the early hours of the first day of the Year of the Monkey (February 8), I visited the A-Ma Temple and witnessed a memorable moment. ... -
Insight | Fake international
It’s common to find in mainland China examples of what I deem the “fake international” model. To give a familiar example, in a newly developed area ... -
Insight | Get some work done
1. Next month’s administrative revamp comes late, but it’s better late than never. The Times recently described a case where the management of a public infrastructure ... -
Insight | The stalling of a decision on Hotel Estoril
The government’s proposal to demolish the Hotel Estoril in order to create a youth center for arts education has not been well-received by all sectors of ... -
Insight | Disenchantment in the air
Macau is a funny place. Regarding the most recent case of junket fraud involving Dore Entertainment, enraged “investors” staged protests in several locations to complain about ... -
Insight | Twists and turns of the smoking regulation
The Executive Council concluded its revision on Macau’s Tobacco Prevention and Control Law last week, proposing a full smoking ban in casinos. The move, made against ... -
Insight | Lusophony is not consensual in Macau
TThe idea of Macau serving as a platform between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries is politically correct, apparently blessed by Beijing, but faces resistance from unnamed ... -
Insight | Slow response to foreign humanitarian crises
Macau has a longstanding tradition of helping those in need. During the Second World War, when under the threat of a Japanese attack, the local authorities ... -
Insight: A place all can call home
“A weed from catholic Europe, it took root Between some yellow mountains and a sea, Its gay stone houses an exotic fruit, A Portugal-cum-China oddity. Rococo ... -
Insight: When things aren’t what they seem
1. Álvaro Santos Pereira, a former Portuguese economy minister who now works for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), recently published a book about ... -
Insight: The Maldives is here
Reading a feature story about the rising number of Chinese tourists in the Maldives (a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India) reminded ... -
Insight: Enhance mobility, curb traffic
The transportation system is a critical issue for Macau, given the region’s limited size. There is a need to create a convenient public transport system that ...
