Author: Charles Tan
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Perhaps the normalisation will be pretty quick. I had to queue at…
After the Economic Recovery Plan (ERP) announcement on 5th June at 3pm by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, many articles immediately appear on mass media. Many experts gave their assessments. Some may be more positive, some may be more negative. Some say the ERP is focused on the SUPPLY side but does not take…
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How to build a competitive edge strategy and stand out in a crowded world of the digital platform?
kopiandproperty.my has been around for 7 years. From an unknown site, these days I occasionally have people calling my name in some property events. Yes, it is because of kopiandproperty.my Digital platforms are focused on social media these days. Let’s just say thus far, kopiandproperty.my continue to occupy an important role in the buying decisions.…
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iProperty.com.my Reveals The Seven High-Rise Properties In Malaysia With The Highest Rental Yield In 2019
iProperty.com.my Reveals The Seven High-Rise Properties In Malaysia With The Highest Rental Yield In 2019 ? Two properties, Le Renaissance and Jazz Suites were among the condominiums which recorded the Highest Capital Growth in 2018. ? Five featured properties have median prices which are lower than the 2019 Malaysian House Price Index (MHPI) of RM426,155. …
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Moratorium and economic recovery. Business closures and retrenchments.
Do we see any relevance to these 4 things? Moratorium, economic recovery, business closures and retrenchments? Let’s run through it briefly and perhaps have a brief conclusion at the end. Moratorium of 6 months was a clever decision. It gives everyone a breathing space; businesses and employees may now stay focused on how to save…
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the KopiTalk #2: My Kota Kinabalu (Time for a visit soon)
Updated on 14th June. Thank you for joining the session. For those who missed it, here’s that video for everyone to get to know more about Kota Kinabalu! It’s a very compact 1 hour and 10 minute session. 12th June Update. the KopiTalk #2 on 13th June (Saturday) at 9pm has one more pleasant surprise.…
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My ‘forced’ savings worked for me. What about for you?
In 2003 (yes, 17 years ago), my wife and I jointly purchased our my first property. It was an apartment of 730 sq ft. The name of the apartment was Villa Kejora in Relau, Penang. From the balcony, if I stretch my head out a bit and look a bit further, I could view the…
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My portfolio, my roboadvisor and my returns after 12 months.
I have started a ‘forced savings’ with Stashaway about a year ago. Forced savings means I will not look at it until after some time. Today, I suddenly remembered and I logged in to take a look. The roboadvisor has helped me to adjust how my portfolio. Take a look at the image below. Slightly…
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Are we going to recover from COVID-19 quickly?
I subscribe to visualcapitalist.com I think everyone should. They have very informative charts for everyone to understand where we are, where are we heading and perhaps telling us if we have a window of opportunity to do something about it. One latest table and infographics they have would be on country’s reopening as well as…
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SUNWAY ANNOUNCES MALAYSIA’S FIRST URBAN FARMING INNOVATION HUB IN CONJUNCTION WITH WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
Media Release: SUNWAY ANNOUNCES MALAYSIA’S FIRST URBAN FARMING INNOVATION HUB IN CONJUNCTION WITH WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY Sunway FutureX will be a 50,000 sq ft urban farming innovation hub focusing on food solutions and agritech Sunway City Kuala Lumpur, 5 June 2020– In conjunction with World Environment Day, Sunway today has announced that it will build a 50,000…
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Too early to know if property price will be falling
If we bought a property for RM500,000 a few years ago, we are certainly not going to sell the property for lower than RM500,000 today. UNLESS if we lost our job and we are certain that we could not find a new employment before we ran out of money. In that case, we may sell…
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the KopiTalk #1: Let’s talk about Economic Recovery Plan (ERP)
Update. The FB Live Session is as below. Just scroll to 3rd minute to start watching and learning from Sr. Michael Geh, FIABCI President (Malaysian Chapter) Happy watching! Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will be unveiling the Economic Recovery Plan (ERP) / Pelan Pemulihan Ekonomi on 5th June 2020 at 3pm. We have yet to know…
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Our Economic Recovery Plan: Focus on just 3 things
Within the last 5 years, these were our GDP growth numbers. No longer like the 80s or the 90s but very healthy numbers nevertheless. Our reliance only on oil revenues have also dropped over the years and this should be good for the economy. Well, if only GST is still around, it could play its…