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DEMAND has been strong for Sime Darby Property Bhd’s RM1 billion Oasis Square project, the central business district of the Ara Damansara township in Selangor. It has three 12-storey corporate office towers; five blocks of 10- to 12-storey retail outlets and office suites, called The Capital; two 10-storey serviced apartments, named Oasis Serviced Suites; and [...]
I was watching Miss Universe on Astro yesterday together with my family. It was held in Las Vegas where I have been in 1998 at my own expense after quiting my job. Miss Mexico, dressed in studding red evening gown finally clinched the coveted title from last year’s Miss Universe from Venezuela. As usual, Donald [...]
I am currently in KL for business and yesterday, went to a club to attend to the tennis courts that we are installing at the moment. I was in the library and for about 3 hours, managed to read quite a lot of reading materials like The Star newspapers and Small Business in Malaysia magazine. [...]
By THE STAR KUALA LUMPUR: Sime Darby Sunrise Development Sdn Bhd (SDSD) has shortlisted architectural companies to send in their designs for its RM1bil mixed development project in Bukit Jelutong, Shah Alam. The five are award-winning architectural firms, namely BIG, J&H Boifills, Benoy, DP Architects and Hijjas Kasturi, who are renowned for their forte in [...]
By REUTERS LONDON: British house prices fell last month and retail sales growth slowed abruptly according to two surveys on Tuesday that will raise concern the recovery is losing momentum. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ house price balance fell to 8 in the three months to July the first negative reading in a year [...]
Good news for all students who had completed SPM in 2009. It is announced that all students who get 9A+ in SPM will receive JPA Scholarships for local or international universities. Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak confirmed this news during his opening speech at the 64th MIC annual general meeting. JPA Scholarship is [...]
International Monetary Fund (2009) Rank Country GDP $ 1 Qatar 87,717 2 Luxembourg 78,723 3 Norway 53,269 4 Brunei 50,103 5 Singapore 49,433 6 United States 46,443 7 Switzerland 42,948 — Hong Kong 42,574 8 Ireland 39,441 9 Netherlands 39,278 10 Austria 38,896 The list of top 10 richest countries of the world are sorted [...]
I was in KL yesterday and while waiting for a friend, I stood by and watch Nicol David won in 4 sets against Alison Waters, the 5th seeded in women’s squash. Nicol is ranked number 1 for the last 3 years consecutively. She will maintain her rankings for a very long time to come before [...]
From yesterday’s The Star newspaper report, about 30% of Malaysia’s affluent earn RM4,000 and above. Are you part of the 30%? With the economic doom and gloom and sub-prime crisis in USA with impending global recession, it heralds for austerity measures for the rich and poor alike. The rich will be affected in their potential [...]
USA was in recession some time ago recently and now Japan may face recession. With prices of oil skyrocketting high and cost of loving increasing, many people are finding it hard to cope. The middle class and lower middle class are tightening their belts and trying to save whatever they can. They eat out less [...]
My father’s church friend got kidnapped in the car park of her apartment and was blind folded for 2 days. She was driven to the ATM to withdraw her money, at a maximum of RM5,000 per day. Therefore, never keep too much money in the bank that can be withdrawn. And yesterday, she called my [...]
Malaysia’s former Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir has started his own blog in www.chedet.com. It is named after the pseudonym he used when he wrote articles for the newspapers. In his profile, Dr Mahathir simply lists himself as the Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003. This site was dedicated to publishing his writings as [...]
Motorists now have the option of renewing their road tax online through a service launched recently. The service would be a boon to owners of the 15 million vehicles in the country. The online service could be accessed through http://www.myeg.com.my. Users could opt to have the road tax stickers delivered directly to their homes or [...]
It is a day of reckoning when DAP (Democratic Action Party) trounced Gerakan and BN in the recently concluded Malaysian 2008 General Election. Now we have a new Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng who was sworn in yesterday to be the people’s spokesperson. No longer do we have an academic Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu [...]
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