Author: Charles Tan
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New norm is to shop online? Do I look like one?
Do look at the few images below. During this MCO, my frequency of shopping online has increased from once a week to probably once per day. Somehow, there will be something that pops into my mind and I have to quickly get it via online. Groceries? Checked. Fresh fish from Kuala Selangor? Checked. Soup ingredients…
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Uncertainties really do mean opportunities? Are you sure?
IF ONLY. “If only I listened to you and bought that unit a few years back.” Actual sentence from a primary school mate a few years after he failed to buy a condo unit at RM295,000. I told him RM295,000 is a very good price and it is unlikely that he could find such a…
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Football has restarted! More on the way.
It’s a very delicate balance between the economy and the threat from the COVID-19 threat. Too tight for too long and the economy will find it hard to restart since the businesses have all had to fully close down. Too loose and we suddenly have the COVID-19 infection cases rising again. Not all are bad…
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Debt free is NOT financial freedom BUT it’s a good thing too.
Many years ago, a close friend told me that she’s very close to finish paying off her RM700,000 loan for her 3-storey landed property. That was just a few years after she had purchased the property. She was worried with debts. I think she is now debt-free. She also goes for overseas holidays BUT only…
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More Japanese manufacturers coming to ASEAN. GREAT news.
The first company I worked for was a Japanese multinational. In this company, I was given the opportunity to visit the London sales office, represented ASEAN on a billion dollar negotiation deal in Tokyo, travel to Singapore on average once every quarter for meetings and trainings and even visited its manufacturing plant in Perak on…
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Sentiment simply means it could change, quickly
This is what Warren Buffet said when it comes to stock investment. “Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.” Briefly, this meant that when everyone is buying like there’s no tomorrow, we should stop following. When everyone is selling like there’s no tomorrow, we should now start to buy all those undervalued stocks. One…
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Sunway Delivers Raya Cheer to More than 9,000 Beneficiaries Amidst CMCO
Press Release: SUNWAY DELIVERS RAYA CHEER TO MORE THAN 9,000 BENEFICIARIES AMIDST CMCO Sunway has kick-started its month-long #SunwayforGood Raya Cheer programme just ahead of the festive season to bring about much needed cheer to various communities in need. The programme is expected to reach out to more than 9,000 beneficiaries nationwide this year. Taking a…
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7th PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Malaysia) moves gala dinner date, extended nominations period
Malaysia’s biggest real estate awards programme, now set for August, to accept nominations until June Black-tie gala dinner and awards presentation to be held at The Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur on 28 August 2020 Nominations accepted until June whilst existing entries will be judged as normal; logo rights to be extended for Winners and Highly Commended…
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FINAL. No accrual of interest for your Hire-Purchase. Read on to understand.
Full statement below. Translated into English by me on the important announcement. Where there are discrepancies, the statement by the Finance Ministry is the official copy. “An agreement has been reached with banking industry to ensure that the monthly instalment amount of the loan will remain the same for the borrower (whether conventional and Shariah)…