Author: Charles Tan
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2016 – Personal focus, plans and strategies
A lunch mate (property group) asked me what’s my focus in 2016. Another Facebook friend, someone who loves to comment on my articles asked me what would I be doing in 2016 if I already have enough ‘ammunition’ today. I think for investment, it’s an ever changing game. Nothing in particular is right for a…
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Penang Turf Club, PTMP and Batu Kawan
When I was still based in Penang, I was looking forward to the Penang Global City Centre (PCCC) project. Yes, I know many hated it with a host of reasons etc. These people won. It did not happen and well, it has been many years since the last update of that piece land which is…
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Higher end retail still okay? Growing 3-4%.
Actually, it’s quite easy to know if the economy is well or ‘sick.’ Look at retail. When we look at retail, we can look at malls. Read here: Seriously, when there are just too many malls As we may have noted, many malls are today struggling. So, should we conclude that the retail is bad? I…
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Burnt today, will still try tomorrow due to greed
During the property boom years in KL, many learnt how to ‘beat the system’ to gain an unfair advantage. They do not actually have the money to buy more than a few properties but they were able to buy a few properties all at once. Some ‘gurus’ taught all these speculators cum short term flippers…
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Ikea Cheras? Not for me, Ikea Damansara I love you more.
Before I start, read my earlier article about IKEA. Here: My favourite store, whether or not I am renovating My brother-in-law from Penang visited me here in KL and said he wanted to visit IKEA Cheras. Great idea since I also wanted to visit it too. Many have informed me that the jam is pretty bad…
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BCB sold 75 percent of Iskandar luxury condo in August launch
Iskandar properties now? Not many people would rank it as their top three property destination right now, even for those who are thinking to buy instead of adopting a wait-and-see attitude. There is a piece of good news however. One Batu-Pahat based developer, BCB Holdings announced that it has sold 75 percent out of a…
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Negative thoughts but contrary actions?
Is the property market extremely negative currently? Transactions falling and even pricing? I noticed one thing recently. Many people say but they do not really mean what they say. Seriously, I think something must be wrong somewhere. You see, nearly every one I know is negative with regards to the Malaysian economy. It’s as if…
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Business community and me: PTMP is needed for Penang.
I wrote about this earlier. Yes, I support the Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP). PTMP: Reclamation alone is RM7 – RM8 billion Do it transparently and minimise as much as possible the effects to the environment and the affected parties. The business community in Penang supports this RM27 billion saying that it would ease the growing…
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New luxury cruise ship Superstar Virgo coming to Puteri Harbour
Two years ago, my wife told that she hoped to take a cruise to somewhere. She has not been on a cruise before. Well, we have not gone anywhere as she got pregnant after that and today, our second baby has started to crawl a bit and had just passed 8 months. While she may not…
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Damansara North? Glamour name for Damansara Damai
Although I think positively of Damansara Damai a lot since I am staying there, I did not want to write too much about it. In fact it’s a tough time answering questions such as, ‘where is Damansara Damai?’ ‘It’s a big jam right?’ or even ‘It’s so far away, do you have to wake up…