Author: Charles Tan
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Why Gold and Silver and Not Other Precious Metals?
This article is contributed by Ian Tai, the author of bestselling book “Gold: Maximizing Your Wealth Investing in Precious Metals”. To get free training about gold and silver investment by Ian, visit www.GoldSilverMethod.com Apart from gold and silver, there are another two more commonly known precious metals, platinum and palladium. There is one main reason…
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One hour or more of travelling to work? It’s the norm.
I think I am a spoilt Malaysian employee. I realised this when I traveled to Bangkok recently. When I had lunch with my colleagues, I came to know that majority of them take over an hour to travel to arrive on time in office everyday. Most of them were not driving. They were taking public…
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Approval process must be transparent for ALL
The ‘fight’ continues. Both sides are claiming the other side is wrong. Suddenly, situation seems familiar. It exists as long as there’s no transparency. Agree? read on. Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said that the delay for Penang developers in getting the Advertising Permit and Developers Licence (APDL) is taking months. It used to…
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Penang property market Q1 2015: Qty down, RM up.
All charts were provided by Michael Geh , Senior Partner of Raine & Horne and also the Vice-President of FIABCI Malaysian Chapter with numbers from NAPIC. In Q4 2014, Penang’s property market showed resilience when it’s total transactions increased when compared to Q3 of 2014. Total transactions in units reached 5,193 from 4,194. An increase…
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Uncertainty in Malaysia? My personal 4 signs.
A very capable friend posted in Facebook earlier. With the Ringgit’s depreciation, she felt that Malaysia will be going Greece’s way; financial crisis. In brief, Greece has stopped negotiating for European Union (EU)’s financial assistance and will most probably default on IMF’s payment and perhaps in the near future, no longer a member to EU.…
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2015: Fertility Rate dropped to 1.9 for Malaysia.
If you missed this, I think this is worth our time. However the political scenario may change, this new piece of statistics should get us planning for our future with more clarity. The current population of Malaysia is 30.4 million. Of course, we also need to include the many millions of legal and illegal foreign…
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Going long term, objective and firm: Greater KL
“A conservative, long-term plan for Malaysia” This is the title of an article in TheEdge online which I read today (1 Aug 2015). It refers to what Agile Property Holding Ltd had in their mind when they decided to start their Malaysian development plans. It is China’s third largest developer and according to Wilson Ren, CEO…
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UK property is NOT for ‘Dirty Money’
There are lots of ‘property linkages’ between London and Malaysia. Malaysian developers are in London, developing many new and iconic projects. These include SP Setia’s Battersea, IJM’s Royal Mints Garden and Eco World’s Ballymore. Malaysians are also property investors in London, especially for those buying for their children who would be studying there in future.…
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Property investment: It’s not always rosy.
I think I read about this development when I was still working in Penang. At the time, I was also attracted by the Guaranteed Rental Returns (GRR) that they were offering. I am talking about Hotwer Development’s The Boss project in Klang. Recently, I read about it again and this time, it’s bad news. The…
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Staying in a police station and paying RM59,430 per night?
I am not sure about you but I would not want to stay overnight in the police station. I think the closest I ever got to do that was enjoying a dinner in a Prison-themed restaurant in Penang. I believe it has since closed down. This must be just me because in the Great Scotland…