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is Venetian Macao gonna use Simplified Chinese or Traditional Chinese this time?

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#1 ·
does anyone know if Venetian Macao is gonna use Simplified Chinese or Traditional Chinese this time?

like Sands, they all use Simplified Chinese, which is.................
 
#50 ·
Venetian should use traditional Chinese along with simplified Chinese and English for all the signs, so people will not complaint in this case. I don’t mind whatever languages they are using, but traditional Chinese is a must, this is just a way to show some respect to the locals, and Macau itself.
 
#55 ·
Yes, that is one way around it (and I think in this case suitable and workable) - but where do you draw the line?

Suppose (hypothetically speaking) an Indian restaurant, geared mostly for Macau's Indian population opens up; how many languages should they display their menu in? English? Traditional Chinese? Simplified Chinese? Hindi? Marathi? Bengali? Gujrati? Tamil? French for the Pondicherry residents of India should any happen to live in Macau?
 
#51 ·
Anyway, the causes of all these problems are because of the gov, they never thought about the long term effects and consequences to the public when they issued the gambling licenses, and because the society cannot adapt the pace of change, therefore the problems start to get arise. But its too late to change now

Its good to have tourists or people migrates / work in Macau, no matter where they are coming from, but if they create threats to the locals, then I guess its just not very good in this case. The problem now we have in Macau is we relies too much everything on the foreigners (especially the mainlander). I don’t mean it is bad to let the foreigners to work or stay in Macau, but now we just have way too many and they are start taking over the positions from the locals. The locals now have to compete with these foreigners, just to save their job. Just take a look at the labours working in the construction sites here in Macau, they are either from HK or mainland China, and the locals become unemployed. Is this fair? Who should be blame for? Of course its the gov fault.

On the other hand, we know there are many projects coming up in Macau, but if you think again, doest it really benefit much to the locals here in Macau?

Macau used to be a very relax and quiet place before. Even though the economy wasn’t so good before the turnover, but everyone seems to be happier than what is going on now. The poorer one is not living better off because of the booming economy. These people are earning even less than what they used to earn and at the same time they have to work a lot harder. Only the rich one and those who have jobs at casinos are better off. Everything is just getting worse these days, wages has been increase a lot but still cannot catch up with the inflation levels, and pollutions, the crowds on the streets, property prices, traffic jams, and most importantly, people’s lifestyle. So do you think this is good or bad? Again, this is because of the gov bad planning and decisions.
 
#54 · (Edited)
Anyway, the causes of all these problems are because of the gov, they never thought about the long term effects and consequences to the public when they issued the gambling licenses, and because the society cannot adapt the pace of change, therefore the problems start to get arise. But its too late to change now
Is the Cafe des Artistes restaurant in Hong Kong showing disrespect to locals by using French first, and then English (note: no sign of any form of Chinese) on their menus?

Is the Gaddi's? Is the Petrus?

And more importantly, do you see the average Sham Shui Po resident complaining to all and sundry within ear shot of how these above restaurants are disrespecting him and the average Hong Kong local by not displaying in their restaurants, their menu in a language he understands, to a place he shall, most likely, never visit?
 
#60 ·
Out of curiosity, how is Macau's media reacting to the Venetian so far? I haven't heard much from Hong Kong media on the down sides of this casino so far. Those Simplified Chinese signs are probably a hot news topic or has it been drowned out by other news about the casino? I think the media can certainly exert some pressure on the casino in that regard.

I think a lot of your points are perfectly legitimate, and have been debated quite extensively in Hong Kong as well. Despite close economic ties to China, we are just as suspicious and resentful to losing our institutions, way of life, and culture. Had something similar happened to Hong Kong, I'm sure we'll be buzzing around the forums by now arguing the same things. Macau and Hong Kong are very similar friends. :)
 
#62 ·
I think we have (not with YOU) discussed how competent our media is..
whatever you can read in Macau..there are no negative news, no news against the government or economy,.,

Please again,,do not use Hk to compare to Macau..
Hk is an international city in so many ways...your standard in Hk cannot be applied to macau at all..
Macau is not

yes I m sure the HK media will report anything if there are any negative feelings impacting on the locals...
 
#66 ·
This thread has made me realize many people are actually visiting this forum. It is quite entertaining. That's one of my goals of participating in this forum, get entertained and promote Macau to the world. I don't see this debate will go anywhere though. With that being said, it is time for me to step out of it.:cheers:
 
#69 · (Edited)
I guess its one of my goals to make more people come to this forum as well..
coz its been very quiet here..

n people might hav the impression that Macanese people are quiet and they dont say much ..:D..so its good for people to read here and know how exactly the people of Macau would think in regards to all aspects of Macau

regards
 
#71 · (Edited)
What? you really keep me entertained..:D

if you had no interest in continuing this discussion..you dun need to tell people you dun hav the interest,,you jus need to stop posting...thats all rite?...

again, should people need to care that you have the interest of not..?
 
#72 ·
I guess this thread is getting nowhere like what ggaaxx said...

To conclude.
I agree some of the points what hkskyline said from the business decision's point of view..n those points are very valid..!

However, Venetian Macao is too freaking big for the Macanese people to ignore. Indeed, this so called Cotai strip will become the anchor point to lure tourists from all over the world in the near future, (most of these tourists could be from China)

and using Simplified Chinese in this massive building (not just a restaurant that small, biggest as in the biggest in Asia)..which is located in this new development area which is even bigger than Macau peninsula is very inappropriate...

Macau people have their own values, and these values can only be understood and felt by the locals there.. and we should not be told that
how we should feel.

We can accept that fact that this Simplified Chinese has been used and try to adapt this so called reality..BUT, it doesnt mean that we feel okay or we dun feel any disrespect...

we just simply said that..we feel a bit disrespect to see all these Simplified Chinese used in such a big venue..Thats all..

I am not personally judge which language or which type of Chinese is better...
and if i do..it will come to a WAR in this forum eventually..which I do not want that to happen...

some people here like me just wanna to share a few thoughts about this "incident" happening at Venetian Macau...Simple is that...

and I dont think its a good idea if using the HK standard or whatever standard to apply to Macau..because..somehow..they are similar..but they are still different..

As I said, I really love HK indeed, I respect the people from HK and their spirits..and Hk could be a good example for Macau to learn and improve...but meanwhile,
macau or people of Macau should not be treated as part of HK..or being looked down by Hk people due to any misconceptions

I think its been very interesting to talk about this topic.............and again,,
we should never come to point that we start attacking each others personally...

Regards
 
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