Author: Charles Tan
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Construction delays because of COVID-19 lockdowns. How do we resolve them?
Updated. Happy watching the full video here. Lots to learn! Many things happened after COVID-19 arrived. During the Movement Control Order (MCO) businesses were closed, even F&B outlets. Malls were closed, even drive-throughs. Sales galleries were closed, even lawyers’ office. There’s one huge industry which will be hit with a lot of issues; construction. With…
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Media Release: Automate, Digitalise or become Obsolete in a Post-Pandemic world
Media Release: EMBRACE THE NEW NORMAL: GETTING RID OF MANUAL PROCESSES IN PROPERTY SECTOR THROUGH DIGITAL AUTOMATION Automate, Digitalise or Become Obsolete in A Post-Pandemic World KUALA LUMPUR: The Covid-19 pandemic has posed new puzzles to be solved not only by the healthcare industry, but by all the other industries as well. The crisis also gives…
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Yeah, border opening needs to start slowly
There are countries where the population alone is big enough to push the general consumption of goods and services and help businesses to keep growing. For example, China, India, Indonesia and definitely America too. Of course, they still need to trade with other nations too. For smaller nations like Malaysia, we need to expand the…
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Over 85% Take-Up for Sime Darby Property’s Elmina Green Three Within 15 Minutes
Media Release – Over 85% Take-Up for Sime Darby Property’s Elmina Green Three Within 15 Minutes ARA DAMANSARA, 23 JUNE 2020 – Demand for property in the City of Elmina continues to rise as 187 units of the first two phases of Elmina Green Three homes were taken up within minutes of their preview. Elmina Green…
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Living longer, happy! More money needed, oops.
Long time ago, way before I was born, the life expectancy of a Malaysian was around 60 years. Explained briefly, it meant that from the day a Malaysian was born (then) until the day the Malaysian bids bye-bye to the world, it’s 60 years. Google’s sourced info from World Bank shows the below: Today, based…
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An Investor Roadmap to Asia Industrial Property Opportunities.
I read the analysis by Colliers Insight. I think it’s a good report for our reference. While it focusses on Hong Kong, Singapore and China, I think many of the contents are applicable for our understanding about the commercial / industrial property as well. Please do refer to their release as below: — start —…
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SPEED OF PROPTECH ADOPTION CRUCIAL FOR CLOSING PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS
Media Release – SPEED OF PROPTECH ADOPTION CRUCIAL FOR CLOSING PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS MHub empowering property developers deeper towards digital transformation in COVID-19 environment KUALA LUMPUR, 22 June 2020 – COVID-19 related shutdown or slowdowns in business activities have definitely given many property developers the push in picking up their pace of digital transformation. Before, tech…
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When banks refuse to lend you, or lends you less than what you wanted, what does that mean?
A banker friend said something which jolted me the other day. He said that many people say banks are not lending but the truth is, the borrowers must also play their part lah. If banks take too high risks, then what will happen to their shareholders? What about their employees? Please do not try to…
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Ask 5 questions on property investment in Greater KL. Simple questions.
This is an article for working professionals working in Kuala Lumpur with a good monthly salary but still face limitations where property prices are concerned. Too many areas which we love but we could not afford. Too many areas with cheap price tags but we do not want or worried if the cheap price we…
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the KopiTalk #5 – Malaysian Property the best value in ASEAN, Really?
Updated 28th June 2020. The longest KopiTalk thus far in the series. 1.5 hours of non-stop learnings from Dr. Daniele Gambero. Feel free to watch the video for more information. Not just about Malaysia but many other countries within ASEAN too. Yes, we have reached the 5th in the KopiTalk series. This time, my guest…
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Really need vacation overseas? Kimchi destination, perhaps?
Yesterday, there was that ‘travel bubble’ suggestion which our Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said the government has yet to finalise its decision on the ‘travel bubble’ proposal. Article here. Travel Bubble meant that we have an arrangement for countries within this ‘bubble’ to allow travelling between overseas. The…