José I. Duarte

Opinion

- 479 POSTS

OPINION-The long 2020

As a tough 2020 was ending, it was palpable in many people an understandable longing...

OPINION – Future reference

Our statistical department publishes the Gross Domestic Product estimates based on the production data in...

OPINION – Traditional medicine

Almost ten years ago, the government created a company to deal with cooperation projects in...

OPINION – Soft figures

The ongoing economic slump has visible implications in casino revenues, visitor flows, and hotel occupation....

OPINION – New Year musings

The Macau economy's health is strongly linked to tourism and, in particular, the gambling sector....

OPINION – At our door

Macau is a small and dense – at times too dense – urban space. Limited...

OPINION-Looking ahead

Without surprise, gambling revenue in November did not match the figure recorded in October –...

OPINION – Earn and spend

The government budget proposal for 2021 and underlining policy objectives is under discussion at the...

OPINION-Wait and see?

Macau’s GDP stood just slightly above one-third of the figure recorded last year in the...

OPINION – Double dip?

The Legislative Assembly is the center of our political regime until early December. The CE...

OPINION-On a slow boat

Nobody can ignore that the recovery of the local economy hinges strongly on the performance...

OPINION – Autumn sun

Regular readers, if there are some, and the others will forgive me for the intromission...

OPINION-Placing our bets

The most awaited figure for October is out. There was a lot of expectation, as...

OPINION-Currents

October approaches its end, and the economy fails to take off. Yet, there is a...

OPINION-Virtues and resources

The recent days brought up several topics of significance. One is bound to produce much...

OPINION-Slow-motion

The crash in the activity of tourism-related businesses is evident. It does not require much...

OPINION – A long and winding road

Macau Business - October 2020 There are great expectations...

OPINION – Dim gold

Data from the first days of the golden week is in, and it is not...

OPINION – On youth jobs

Youth policy is not among the usual topics in this column. In fact, I often...

OPINION-Flying low

The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) produced a report on the government loans granted to Viva...
José I. Duarte

All Articles

- 495 POSTS

OPINION-To be fair…

Matters of fairness often punctuate the debate about non-resident workers’ role in our...

OPINION-Staycation enigma

By the end of every month, the statistical department publishes data on the previous month's...

OPINION-The long 2020

As a tough 2020 was ending, it was palpable in many people an understandable longing...

OPINION – Future reference

Our statistical department publishes the Gross Domestic Product estimates based on the production data in...

OPINION – Traditional medicine

Almost ten years ago, the government created a company to deal with cooperation projects in...

OPINION – Soft figures

The ongoing economic slump has visible implications in casino revenues, visitor flows, and hotel occupation....

OPINION – New Year musings

The Macau economy's health is strongly linked to tourism and, in particular, the gambling sector....

OPINION – Heal thyself

The diversification theme pops up frequently in debates about the Macau economy. For a long...

OPINION – At our door

Macau is a small and dense – at times too dense – urban space. Limited...

OPINION-Looking ahead

Without surprise, gambling revenue in November did not match the figure recorded in October –...

OPINION – Earn and spend

The government budget proposal for 2021 and underlining policy objectives is under discussion at the...

OPINION-Wait and see?

Macau’s GDP stood just slightly above one-third of the figure recorded last year in the...

OPINION – Double dip?

The Legislative Assembly is the center of our political regime until early December. The CE...

OPINION-On a slow boat

Nobody can ignore that the recovery of the local economy hinges strongly on the performance...

OPINION – Autumn sun

Regular readers, if there are some, and the others will forgive me for the intromission...

OPINION-Placing our bets

The most awaited figure for October is out. There was a lot of expectation, as...

OPINION-Currents

October approaches its end, and the economy fails to take off. Yet, there is a...

OPINION-Virtues and resources

The recent days brought up several topics of significance. One is bound to produce much...

OPINION-Slow-motion

The crash in the activity of tourism-related businesses is evident. It does not require much...

OPINION – A long and winding road

Macau Business - October 2020 There are great expectations...