From the Editor: The return to life as we know it (almost)
Here's a note from Gonçalo César de Sá, Macao Magazine's Editor‑in‑Chief, for the September issue.
Education Special: Getting an education
Prepare for a history lesson on Macao’s education system, a seminar on the future of schooling in the city and a workshop with Portuguese-speaking students in our Education Special.
Opening up again
As the new Hengqin Port border crossing opens, visitors from the Mainland start streaming back into Macao, plus Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng returns after six important days in Beijing.
Macao: a history class
We go back to school and learn all about the city’s education system from the Jesuits up until the present day.
Forward thinking
We investigate what lies in store for the SAR’s schools, colleges and universities of the future.
Learning with the Lusophones
We take a class with Portuguese-speaking students who chose Macao as their preferred place of learning.
Pirates of the Pearl
Did you know pirates once roamed the high seas around Macao? The organisers of a new piracy exhibition in the city did – and they answer buccaneering questions in this Q&A.
A monumental birthday
As Macao marks the 15th anniversary of the inscription of its Historic Centre on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, we look at what’s in store for the city’s heritage in the future.
Heroes of the day
Macao Magazine’s latest story focusing on extraordinary young people in the city highlights a sextet of ‘heroes’ who always put others before themselves.
The world is not enough
Whether she’s saving refugees in European waters or tending to the wives of religious extremists in a Middle Eastern camp, former Macao girl Dr Catarina de Oliveira Paulo is a real-life hero.