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Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year 2009 Predictions

“Like walking past the tiger's tail”

The year of Earth Ox promises to be an extremely hot year worldwide. Besides, the world political and financial pictures would remain unstable.

This is the sixth year of the Lower “8” Cycle of the world. Based on I-Ching, while the period between 1984 and 2043 (totaling 60 years) is “Fire-Wind Urn”, the year 2009 is “Wind-Earth [...]

Travel

Cheung Chau For Bun-Lovers

Cheung Chau for Bun-Lovers

It’s different. No high-rise buildings, no buses, no trains – best of all no cars, just the constant pinging of bicycle bells as you wander through its lanes and alleys.

The Macau-Hong Kong ferries fizz by within a few hundred metres of Cheung Chau (literally “long island”), with its town of 30,000 people, but they [...]

Arts

Macau, “ACTION!”

The development of Macau’s film productions.

With the world premiere of Albert Chu’s collective film project “Macau Stories”, which took place on the 24th of November at the Macau Cultural [...]

On the other side of the mirror

José Drummond and his art.

All throughout the history of humanity, innumerous individual artists have characterized art as a search for identity. In this hyperactive [...]

Divine Inspiration

Serene and composed, she has stood for nearly a decade as a symbol of love, tolerance and compassion for the people of Macau, and now [...]

Gourmet

A Gourmet Capital is (officially) born

Having no less than six restaurants distinguished with the famed stars from the most famous hotel and restaurant guide in the world gives a new and deserved boost to Macau’s [...]

Closing Words

Preparing for a second child in a one-child country

Preparing for a second child in a one-child country

On a recent trip to Beijing, I met with friends who are preparing for their second child. Because China has a law restricting the number of children per family to one, their planning began long before their first child was born. It began even before their first child was conceived. Having one child – or in their case a first child - had been relatively straightforward: they filed paperwork stating they did not have any children, become pregnant, and gave birth. [...]

Home Truths

The wine maverik

The wine Maverik

With a CV full of awards and best selling wine books, Matthew Jukes is arguably one of the world’s best known wine expert and buyer. In his interview to Closer, he explains why Hong Kong is bound to surpass London and the world’s wine centre and why Portuguese wines are the most underrated in he globe

Matthew Jukes is terribly English. Better, Matthew Jukes is “Chelsea-ish”. For those unfamiliar with London, Chelsea is a posh borough [...]

Editor's note

Inconvenient visitors

by Ricardo Pinto