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When Chuck Woods came to work in Macau seven years ago, he had a pleasant view of the Macau Peninsula and the Zhuhai coastline, stretching out over the waters in front of his office at the Macau International Airport. Now that view has all but disappeared, blocked by the construction of the new Taipa ferry terminal. But as his time here in the territory has taught him, nothing ever stays the same for very long in Macau. “Everyday I come to work and tell myself, ‘Don’t be surprised by [...]
It’s too late now; the horse has bolted. But the safest bet you could have had was that the Macau government was going to have to do something to cool the gaming industry boom. This is a government that has been facing mounting social tension, protests, corruption scandals, a delicate relationship with Beijing and fears of an economic bubble set to burst. So when Macau Chief Executive Edmund Ho Hau-wah announced in the Legislative Assembly last month a series of regulations aimed at putting the brakes [...]
It has become a routine: the Chief Executive of Macau, Edmund Ho Hau-wah, has been appearing before the members of the Macau’s Legislative Assembly for the third year in a row during the month of April. This is well in line with article 65 of the Basic Law that requires the Chief Executive to “present regular policy addresses to the Legislative Assembly [… and] answer questions raised by [its] members”. Mr Ho has made it his duty to present in the flesh to the legislature his policy address for the coming fiscal year in November each year, but also to personally answer questions raised by the legislators twice [...]
