José I. Duarte
Opinion
- 479 POSTSOPINION-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
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- 495 POSTSOPINION-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...