Make impossible possible
Macau platforma - 30/09/2020
The Master plan supposed to lead the urban development for the next decades, was finally released early this month after long awaited . However, this plan is failed to impress the public in both technical and strategic aspects. For example, the decade-long…
The KIWI hospital – by Henrique Martins
Plataforma - Macau - 28/09/2020
Hospitals are, for most human beings, the more visible, historical and futuristic, dramatic and hopeful, side of healthcare. From large, multi-building facilities with academic as well as advanced research components, to small district or local homecare for proximity…
When Estoril stole the thunder
16/09/2020
Yesterday ICM reprehensive attended the meeting with Legislative Assembly of Macau to introduce the new scheme of Central Library, …
Do not repeat neighboring mistakes
Plataforma - Macau - 15/09/2020
Last week, the Center for Democracy and Development of Mozambique (CDD) held an online conference “Fundo Soberano de Angola: An experience to avoid”, where a possible way of managing a future Mozambican sovereign fund was discussed.
The keynote speaker was Angolan…
We still remember Li Wenliang
Plataforma Macau - 10/09/2020
On September 8, China held a commendation conference to commend role models in the country’s fight against the COVID-19 epidemic. …
Architectural Politics 101
09/09/2020
Our next generation may find it interesting when they review the architectural history in the future, a grand solemn courthouse was once a vivid , public beloved, creative blackbox theatre, the transformation worth a legend in Macau architecture history !
I couldn’t…
Apology has become a bad trend
Plataforma - Macau - 02/09/2020
About a month ago, the Transport Bureau of Macau issued a press release stating that the bus route frequency will be adjusted from August. …
Fado versus boredom
28/08/2020
João Melo
I assume: excluding Amália, I can only hear one or two fados per quarter, perhaps a sensation similar to the one that stewed beans provoke to certain people.
In the past, fado smelled bad, it was poor and dirty, like horse mackerel wrapped in a sheet of…
The right-to-life fanatics are the real “killers”
Plataforma - Macau - 21/08/2020
In Brazil, a 10-year-old girl, raped by her uncle repeatedly, had to change States in order to see her pregnancy interrupted and covered by the law. In the state of Espírito Santo, where she lives, no hospital wanted to perform the procedure.
It was already enough for…
