Author: Charles Tan
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How do our personalities affect us? Time to take charge.
the KopiTalk has reached the #12. For this last in the first dozen, of course it has to be a topic I personally like a lot. Let’s talk about personalities. Did you know that some people just could not work with someone else NOT because that someone else was not working as hard but because…
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Press Release: IOI Hackathon By IOI Properties Group
IOI Hackathon is credited as the 1st open innovation proptech hackathon in Malaysia. For those of you wondering what a hackathon is, it is generally defined as a sprint-like event in which computer programmers, software developers, designers and others collaborate intensively over a short period on a software project. Therefore, when IOI Properties announced its…
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Press Release: First virtual PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Malaysia) shortlist draws boldfaced names, unveils final nominees
PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards, the region’s most prestigious real estate awards programme, revealed today the shortlisted finalists for its Malaysian edition, which will mark its seventh year and first virtual gala event this month. The most exemplary developers and projects in Malaysia have been selected for the 7th Annual PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Malaysia), set…
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Alarming development: Housing loan applications down tremendously
In April, many agent friends told me that that agents are staying home since no viewings were allowed during the Movement Control Order (MCO). They are not the only ones, even law firms and company secretary firms were asked to close their offices because they are no considered essential service. As for working from home,…
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BNM takes the lead, now we should have a gentler October.
There’s always that feeling that come October, there will be casualties all over among the SMEs which will struggle to start repaying their loans. This is because their businesses which had been affected by the COVID-19 has yet to recover or for some not yet fully recovered. This is despite the reopening of the economy.…
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Challenging times after moratorium ends end September?
First of all, I disagree that moratorium extension after 30th September should be for all just like the first round moratorium which was automatic for all and for 6 months unless one opts out of it. Any politician asking for it is NOT savvy to the fact the banks are not charitable organisations and has…
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Penangites ah, time to work harder please.
The more people in the country, the higher demand for goods and services. This is why countries with huge population would always fare better than small countries once they got the economy moving into the right direction. Malaysian population should be close to 33 million currently. Want to know where we are versus the world?…
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the KopiTalk #11: Becoming a YouTuber? Here’s the HOW to do it?
Digital marketing is the future, today. Youtube is meanwhile a very important channel for all marketers. This is where all the viewers get to view and later decide on their next course of action. This is why successful YouTubers are much sought after and the KopiTalk #11 is so honoured to have iHerng with 19,000…
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Alarming? Huge losses for airlines?
Just a few days ago, a good friend who’s a manager and an avid investor (stocks and property) reiterated that we need to look beyond the current happening in order to really understand the investment potential, whether it’s stock market or the property market. Even though we were drinking at the time, I think his…
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Ervina – An Unrivalled Residence Above it All
[Branded] Bandar Sri Sendayan is a 6,000 acre freehold township development in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. It is envisioned as a self-sustaining township where the residents could actually have all the conveniences, they want within minutes away. This is a development undertaken by Matrix Concepts Holdings Berhad (Matrix) which was a company which was established in…
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Exciting Happening. We get free money.
Is RM50 a lot of money? Erm… how to answer this question. Never mind, read on. Okay, this free money is not enough to buy that brand new handbag priced at RM500 after a 50 percent discount yeah. However, if we are speaking about RM750 million which is aimed at boosting spending and which will…
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Mitraland’s Upperville @ 16 Quartz: Contemporary, Tranquility and Desirability
[Branded] Some of us prefer to buy a development developed by an international property award winner. Then again the price tag may not be that affordable. As for the award winners where the price is very affordable, it may not offer many of the features, benefits and value which we are looking for. Making a…