· January, 2008

Stories about Macau (China) from January, 2008

Macau: Polution, fog and cold

  17 January 2008

“If “smog” is portmanteau formed from “smoke” and “fog”, “frog” is the anti-portmanteau I have come up with for “frio” [Portuguese for cold] and “smog”. Leocardo [pt] comments on the coldest day in Macau for many months and on the pollution that China has been trying unsuccessfully to eradicate.

Macau: Gambling habits

  10 January 2008

Leocardo [pt] comments on gambling habit in Macau, where “the majority of the population have played in some way during the year 2007, either in casinos or lotteries, and are the less literate citizens who gamble more”