Category: Property Penang
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Penang remains a favourite city, definitely. (Part 1)
Someone asked me the other day about my opinions for KL property vs Penang property. To be frank, it’s a personal opinion. You can however read my views ever since I started kopiandproperty.my. 🙂 One has the attention of many career growth aspirants while another has awesome attraction as it is an island with sufficient…
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Georgetown’s Rent Control may be coming back, improved version
I think this is good news for Georgetown. I personally support a better protection for Georgetown Heritage site to be always Malaysian. Read earlier article here: Protect Penang’s Heritage buildings for future generation As per reported in many local medias, the Penang state government is looking to reintroduce an improved version of the repealed Rent Control Act…
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LRT Penang, positive signs from SPAD.
This is a piece of news which is positive for Penangites and me. Seriously, Penang needs a LRT. The jams are getting heavier by the day. Okay, if it’s a tram, I guess it is still okay but having visited cities with LRTs instead of trams, I think I favour LRT more. I also think…
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Eco Marina Penang no more, for now.
I was as excited as many Penangites when we learnt of Eco World’s huge development in Batu Kawan. Well, this has been cancelled. According to reports from many media, Eco World Development Group Bhd and Penang Development Corp (PDC) have agreed to rescind the letter of award (LOA) for the proposed RM10 billion Eco Marina mixed development…
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Time to bid and win a unit of Mont Residence luxury condominium
This is an event for Penang property market. Especially for those who believe Penang is moving in the right direction and Singapore is a good moving benchmark for the long term where the property market is concerned. For this particular event, I think one of the most important reason to drop by the Penang Property…
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Great view, good price, secondary condo in Penang
I was in Penang recently to visit my sister’s new baby. I took the opportunity to drop by my condominium which will be rented out soon. I love condos. I feel it’s hard to buy a landed home if the landed home does not come with a club house these days. A few days ago,…
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Penang undersea tunnel, RM6.3 billion and 30-year toll concession
I have yet to really understand the need for the Penang Undersea Tunnel Project linking Gurney Drive in the island with Bagan Ajam on the mainland side. I tried to search for the estimated number of vehicles which will use the link when it’s completed but could not find any as yet. As per reported in…
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Fewer launches, better deals or the other way around?
Are there fewer property launches in 2016 thus far? I personally do not think so. Maybe because I have been receiving Facebook postings, SMSes and even WhatsApp on a continuous basis. Only few years ago, I did not receive so many of such notifications. Okay, perhaps it’s because they are repeats? Well, according to the…