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Accommodative stance needs a further boost, lower OPR?
Let’s look at a few predictions first. Recently, World Bank cut its earlier projected 2.9% global economic growth forecast in to 2.4%. The 2.9% forecast was just few months ago in January 2016. In April 2016, International Monetary Fund (IMF) revised its global economic growth outlook for 2016 downwards, from earlier forecasted 3.4% down to 3.2%. The…
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Eco World in Penang? RM875.24 million land for Eco Horizon and Eco Sun
Just a while back, Eco World abandoned their Eco Marina project in Batu Kawan due to some miscalculations. Read here: Eco Marina Penang no more, for now In fact they were supposed to get back Rm159million refund for the deposit paid. I think Penangites were disappointed, especially those who bought Batu Kawan because of the Eco…
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Are you FASHION enough? PSP En Vogue @ ICE Gallery, Pantai Sentral Park
I was invited to a fashion event this weekend called PSP En Vogue, a unique fashion and style event at the ICE Gallery at Pantai Sentral Park. Unfortunately I could not make it but since this is pretty interesting, you may want to take a look. Following would be the introduction of the event. Meet Fairuz…
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Protect Penang’s Heritage buildings for the future generations
One major reason why Penang looks majestic to many tourists is because it has lots of heritage buildings. Taking photos with these buildings meant a photo which may look like a postcard picture. Creative camera angles may even fool some friends into believing that we went overseas. Well, there were a few articles recently in…
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Penang Tunnel is still ongoing, feasibility study to be completed
As per reported a day earlier, Consortium Zenith BUCG Sdn Bhd (CZBUCG) chairman Datuk Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli said the feasibility study has been stopped one month ago. By the next day, he clarified that it was just a miscommunication. The feasibility study will be completed and he said that he was also inviting some…
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RM2 exchanged for RM26.3million, after over 20 years.
I dislike gamblers because I have a close friend whose family was destroyed because the father gambled so much that they had to run away from their home town to live somewhere else. Everything they had was sold and the father borrowed a lot of money from relatives too. Another friend who’s top management with…
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4.4 percent dividend yield plus potential price appreciation
Personally, I love stocks. I think if we buy a good one, its equivalent to a fixed deposit with potential capital appreciation. Nope, I am not talking about buying and monitoring every minute and selling followed by buying again. I have no interest to spend my time this way. Also, there’s no such thing as…
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Renting to students works too. Let’s try.
I was at The Capital TV the other day for the shooting of Kanta Residensi. I will be featured in Episode 10. With me on the same day was a famous personality in the real estate world, Abang Ensem. He has been featured in many other TV channels. He has a blog with huge following…
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Penang’s Hampshire – Shaolin martial arts and 2,100 residential units
Have you ever visited the Dragon Boat Race in the Teluk Bahang dam in Penang before? It’s an exciting race and there are normally lots of foreign rowers too. The only downside is that it is usually pretty hot and may not so suitable if you have a toddler and a baby like me. The…