Keith Morrison

3 weeks ago | macaubusiness.com | Keith Morrison

Macau Business | May 2025Keith Morrison – Author and educationistThere is a view that ‘public administration is the servant of society, not its boss’. Why is it, then, that immigration, residency, labour matters, and work visas can be handled in a matter of hours and days in some countries, whereas in Macau they can take months, even years, with protracted, repeated visits to government offices?

1 month ago | macaubusiness.com | Keith Morrison

Macau Business | April 2025Keith Morrison – Author and educationistWhat is your idea of a nice afternoon outing? A stroll along a sunny beach? A bit of unnecessary, luxury shopping? A workout in a gym? An afternoon concert? Oh no; here’s one that beats them all: a visit to a Macau tax office. Oh yes; its delights will take your breath away, an experience to outclass all others. If you want to see the richness of human behaviour in a single afternoon, then the Macau tax office is the place for you.

2 months ago | macaubusiness.com | Keith Morrison

Macau Business | March 2025Keith Morrison – Author and educationistA year ago, a study by Luna-Cortes (‘Managing students’ illusion of control in higher education: effect on unrealistic optimism and expectancy disconfirmation’) reported that many students were unrealistically optimistic in overstating their capabilities, and they were very dissatisfied when they received lower grades than they had expected and thought that they had deserved.

Feb 22, 2025 | macaubusiness.com | Keith Morrison

Macau Business | February 2025Keith Morrison – Author and educationistWe are living in ‘interesting’ times, as economies, business, and geopolitics are having to accommodate uncertain, unstable, nonlinear, unpredictable, ongoing changes everywhere. Here, economic systems, as part‑drivers of societies across the world, are evolving, powering up themselves to move from one economic paradigm to a new paradigm.

Jan 18, 2025 | macaubusiness.com | Keith Morrison

Macau Business | January 2025Keith Morrison – Author and educationistHappy new year in Macau, a city with a massive GDP, thriving on its huge income, and extending its links to mainland China and Portuguese‑speaking countries. This heralds the new year with a heartwarming optimism of forward‑looking development that brings expansion of everything far beyond the dreams of avarice, and cashes in on Macau’s welcoming attitude to visitors and businesses from across the world.