Author: Charles Tan
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Buy on fundamental, not based on speculative stuffs? Why not based on WHY?
Suddenly friends started to say, ‘we should buy based on fundamental, should not buy based on speculation.’ The reason? Well, the High-Speed Rail KL – SG (HSR) – read here has been scrapped and a day after, the MRT Line 3 (Circle Line)- read here has been scrapped too. Apparently they were referring to friends…
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ECRL? Renegotiation will incur fines, if it happens
We already two huge announcements; the scrapping of the High-Speed Rail and the MRT Line 3. Here’s the article earlier: High-Speed Rail cancellation: versus flight tickets and experts’ views Next question, is the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) going to be scrapped as well? Well, I personally think it will continue. Yes, I saw some charts…
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Of cost efficiency, higher profits and even investing in ourselves. Be ready!
Is Malaysia considered a competitive nation? According to ranking in Global Competitiveness Report by World Economic Forum (WEF), Malaysia is ranked 23rd in the world. In Asia, we are only behind Japan and Australia (if you consider them as within Asia). In fact our position is relatively high when compared to majority of the countries in…
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MRT 3 deferred. Will affect connections to some hotspots a bit, perhaps.
We are now seeing many huge announcements on a daily basis. Most of it is related to mega infarstructure projects in Malaysia. It started with the scrapping of HSR KL – SG. Reported here earlier. It’s not just the High Speed Rail KL – SG. The planned MRT Circle Line (MRT 3) has also been…
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Do you buy-to-live or buy-to-leave?
There are newly completed developments today where the occupancy may not be that high, not even 50 percent. A close friend’s condo in Penang was completed last year. He has moved in and has stayed in the new condo for slightly over a year. Yet, every time I dropped by, the number of cars parked…
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IDEAL home for Malaysians? The WHATs and WHYs.
What’s an IDEAL Malaysian Home? We can ask me or we can ask a lot of Malaysians. LAFARGE and EdgeProp did a MYHOME survey to learn more. Here’s that infographic for our reference. Briefly, these are some interesting results from the survey yeah. Perhaps this is why there are so many unsold units? My personal conclusion…
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I am too old to invest. Wow…
Do you feel you are too old to invest? How old is too old? Nope, Malaysia is definitely not looking at increasing the retirement age to 93 anytime soon. Haha. However, it was a thought which I have shared a couple of times. Working till 68. Still healthy I guess. Until what age should we…
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Landed homes from RM513,000 onwards by S P Setia, this weekend.
If your idea of an ideal home is a landed one, there is another launching this weekend. Final weekend of May 2018. if you have a limitation in budget but as a couple, you could afford up to RM550,000 property, then this is one for you. Last but not least you prefer to buy from…
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Effects from a zero GST for typical Malaysian households
When the GST becomes zero in a week’s time, how much would we be able to save from what we spend on a daily basis? I roughly calculated. I could probably save anything from RM2-RM4. Let’s not talk about big ticket items yeah. Just the usual breakfast in a franchised mamak, lunch in a usual…
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Expert Series with Ryan Khoo: Iskandar Malaysia’s potential and what’s really happening
Today, we have with us someone whom I would go to when I have any questions about Iskandar Malaysia. Even though I consider him as an property expert, he remains approachable and always willing to share. He has been invited to speak by many media organisations and is a Director in Alpha Marketing Pte Ltd and also…