Author: Charles Tan
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Sunway Berhad’s Q3: Higher net profit and low-gearing of 0.38 times
I do not own any Sunway Berhad shares. Do read the below, compare it versus all the other stocks that you wishes to buy and decide by yourself for yourself yeah. In terms of the numbers, I think Sunway Bhd has shown some healthy numbers especially with the current slowdown. Yes, they are also the…
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VEP? Over 200k Singapore-registered vehicles have registered
Yes, I wrote about this quite some time ago when some people said to me that with the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP), Malaysia will lose many Singaporean visitors and that demand for Iskandar properties will go down. Increase of Vehicle Entry Permit and Iskandar property demand goes down? Yes, I wrote this way back in 2014.…
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Penang’s Design Village (Outlet Mall) opens for you.
My brother sent a photo of him with a cup of Coffee Bean coffee to the family LINE chat. He asked us to guess which Coffee Bean was he at. None of us could guess and then he revealed the answer. He was at Penang’s Design Village. Yes, that outlet mall which has since opened.…
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Winners in Malaysia Property Award 2016 by Fiabci Malaysian Chapter
It was an honour for me to have been invited by my good friend Michael Geh to attend the 2016 Malaysia Property Award in One World Hotel recently. Here, I would like to share the Press Release by the organiser. Instead of just any property, how about buying an award winning property? Sometimes, for the same…
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Maybank’s first 9 months, Profit Before Tax is 11.9% lower than 2015
Did you know Maybank is the 4th largest bank by assets within South East Asia? I do but I was reminded about it again by an article in thestar.com.my Yes, good news for Maybank. It has posted a 55.1% up in profit before tax (PBT) for Q3 FY2016. I thought it has been a tough…
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That ‘SCARY’ article about US$100 billion Chinese investment in Iskandar
I just read an article with a rather negative outlook about Iskandar. Or is it just Iskandar? If the article is true, it will not just be isolated to Iskandar alone. I HOPE this does not mean Singapore’s economy is also not growing because to expect them to grow further in population and even economically…
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Yes, OPR stays at 3 percent; accommodative stance for economy.
Malaysians who want to know a bit more about our own economy should read Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM)’s statements. Most of the time, it’s concise enough and comes with many numbers and stats that helps us to understand what is really happening. Sorry, there are no statements such as ‘Malaysian economy is good’ but without…
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1,202 units of PR1MA in Kajang, to be completed in 36 months
Another good news on affordable units by private developer and PR1MA. MKH Bhd and PR1MA Corp will be jointly undertaking a mixed development project in Kajang with a gross development value of RM464 million. Do you qualify for one? Are there options to choose? Take a look at some of them here. http://www.pr1ma.my One can also…
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World Bank: Malaysia is a GOOD destination for global investors
I do not always agree with World Bank even if their analysts are by far more qualified than me. Haha. However, I do agree with their latest view from their representative to Malaysia / country manager Faris Hadid-Zervos. He said that good investment climate and competitive costs are providing global investors with conducive business environment…
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EPF: Still up as at Q3 2016 but unsustainable moving forward
Feel free to read the full article about a piece of good news, even if it may not be repeating so soon. Reported in thestar.com.my Our Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has a good Q3 2016. Its investment income surged 29.21% to RM12.32 billion in Q3 2016 when compared to the same quarter in 2015 which achieved…