There’s no point luring overseas visitors to the territory if they can’t get around when they arrive. Gaming consultant and Macao resident Alidad Tash has solutions to an issue that’s holding Macao back.
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The Macanese pataca has faced a long, uphill battle for acceptance in its hometown. Welcome to the curious world of Macao’s unloved currency.
In 2017, the 45-year-old UK father of two was diagnosed with incurable myeloma and given seven years to live. The Macanese community is his best chance of finding a stem cell donor.
Mums are the types of people who’ll tell you motherhood is its own reward. But we’ve found three who admit it’s a tough gig. And they’ve got ideas for what Macao’s mothers could use more than anything else.
With a tiny area, crowded Macao simply can’t afford to devote too much land to cemetery use, but getting people to accept alternatives to burial is running into cultural obstacles.
If Macao aims to become one of the smartest cities in Asia, it’s going to need somewhere to store and process massive quantities of data. That’s where data centres come in – along with a host of environmental and ethical hurdles.
More locals are growing their own produce, combatting carbon miles and food waste in the process.
Some 60 percent of Macao’s women are able to go out to work, many because they have back up from a silent army of foreign female domestic helpers – a community we are spotlighting on International Women’s Day.