Author: Charles Tan
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KIDEX. Why the secrecy and why invite if not wanted?
KIDEX. I have said before, if they can prove that it is beneficial, I would support it. Developments are always good and no one should stop a development just because it does not benefit them or giving reasons such as the highway would cut through a 40 year old housing area. Apologies but that’s not…
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PR1MA – 90,461 housing units for middle-income Malaysians – HOW?
PERBADANAN PR1MA Malaysia has to build 90,461 units for the middle-income Malaysians all over the country. According to PR1MA CEO Datuk Abdul Mutalib, by the end of 2014, close to 40,000 units would have started or will start construction. Within Budget 2015, a total of 80,000 homes is to be built with an allocation of RM1.3…
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Iskandar: Car wash business down because of new toll increase.
An interesting article caught my attention few days ago. It said that due to new toll rates on both sides of the causeway, the business of several cash wash outlets in the city have experienced a decline in business. It quoted one Bangladeshi worker as saying that business has gone down 50% or more. He…
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Budget 2015 – GST, MRT, LRT, Petrol Subsidy
What’s the common element of MRT, LRT, BRT, ‘Keretapi’ and Petrol Subsidy? On Friday, my colleague expressed relief that GST was not imposed on Ron 95 petrol. I told him, that’s not the main point because petrol subsidy continuation was not a correct decision. It was a historical decision which will take time to take…
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Still buying property? There are lots of bad news, actually.
These days, when people talk about property, they point to the lower transaction numbers. They point to the potential oversupply in Iskandar. They talk about the units without lights at night which meant that potentially prices will fall. Everything seemed to happen domestically. Have we forgotten about the world? How about the war in Middle…
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One Stop Centre, Faster Affordable and Low Cost Housing – REHDA
My mother competed her IC application at 9pm. Yes, Evening time, 9pm. My baby daughter’s passport was completed within 1 hour on a Saturday. I remembered how long my wife queued to apply for a new IC after she lost her wallet. I queued for over 40 minutes for my passport application in Penang many…
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Fresh Engineer, perhaps Penang is your choice?
There are lots of manufacturing organisations in Penang. One company shut its door last month, Fairchild. However, there are still a huge number of technology related organisations in Penang. In fact, it’s the first place that I would always recommend if you are an engineering graduate and would like a place where you can grow…
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Cheating you easily, when you are greedy
It was reported in PropertyGuru.com.sg recently about a company called Ecohouse with over 1,000 investors in Singapore. The company has gone ‘missing’ and all calls and emails to the company has gone unanswered. Some investors in Singapore have started legal actions against the company and the company was said to be still marketing their investment…
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London property market: protests against overseas property investors
Everyone knows London is an international property market favoured by many, especially Malaysian parents whose kids are studying there. Property prices are high and it has continued to rise despite some prediction of a bubble. How much do we know about Londoners themselves? People who were born there, study there, stay there and work there?…
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Saving on holiday, paying for property, my way.
Many have commented about low fares being advertised are fake. Recently, in Facebook I read a few more of such comments. Allow me to share my actual experience. Do you believe in saving up for a part of property downpayment by skipping on holidays? I don’t. I promised my wife before we got married that…
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Quill City Mall opening on 18th October
When I first read the news, I thought, it’s impossible. How could they open on 18th October. I pass by Quill City Mall every morning when I go to work. There were so many things which looked incomplete. Today when I pass by, I saw H&M fully stocked up! Everything was already arranged in their…