Author: Charles Tan
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The Star: A courageous show by Zeti
Seriously, I think everyone should read and understand the below article from The Star, dated 14th August 2015. For just 5 minutes, stop your new found Facebook ability as an ‘Economist’ and read attentively. Be proud that this is our central banker who is already in the final phase of her contract and has received…
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Summary Q2 2015: Malaysian economy, Ringgit and Zeti.
My usual readers would understand my position about Ringgit and Malaysia’s economy. You can read latest one here: 1998 vs 2015, just numbers, no rhetorics Will not be saying too much. There are many articles about this today and I think it’s best for me to read them and summarise instead. Today Tan Sri Zeti…
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Another sign of huge demand for a new property
Just a few days ago, I wrote about demand for property in Malaysia is likely to be huge. This is despite the fact that less Malaysian babies are born nowadays. In fact too few for comfort. Read here: 2015: Birth-rate dropped to 1.9 for Malaysia Today, I read in Bernama that under the MyHome housing…
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Sold for faster development of Senai Airport City
First of all, anyone with a huge piece of land thinking of an even bigger development should not think of doing it alone. It may be better to get more partners which can each offer different expertise, financial resources and thus creating diversity. Senai Airport City Sdn Bhd (SACSB) which is the master developer of…
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Buying a new home? Ask Why, not just WHERE.
Someone reminded me this important point recently. When we first thought of buying our first home, how many of us would ask ourselves, ‘where?’ Many would argue that the most important question is always ‘where’ and there is nothing wrong with this. After all, all property gurus would always say, ‘location’, ‘location’ and ‘location’, right?…
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Development, compensation and promises not kept
Nearly every week there would be articles about some new developments facing protests from the residents nearby. This would normally turn into a debate of whether the developer has done enough in terms of air pollution and noise control, compensation and even promises. When a new high-rise development happens in a mature neighbourhood, it is…
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Big in size, Small in price, Available?
Some months back, a friend was very surprised with the size of my condo. He said the size is really uncommon and there should not be too many of these choices around. I did a check over a year ago and I just refreshed that search today. I concentrated on just condos with a minimum…
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1998 vs 2015, just numbers, no rhetorics.
I do not believe ANY politicians when they talk about economy. Regardless of those who said Malaysian economy is still strong or those who are asking if Malaysia should repeg the currency to US$. I believe my personal understanding based on numbers as well as reading from what the economists or analysts are saying is…
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From loss to RM7 billion GDV within 8 years
I have bought a shirt from Yong Tai before, many years ago. It was attractively priced and the material was good. Thus, when I read about Yong Tai having property developments with a gross development value (GDV) of RM7 billion, my interest was piqued. Garment manufacturer also a property development? These are two very different…