Posted in Careers on Aug 30th, 2006
You know, we have been told so many times by our Ministers, either in Parliament or in media reports, that there are about 60,000 unemployed graduates in the country. We are also told that 70% of these unemployed graaduates are from the public universities, 26% are from private colleges and universities and the remaining 4% [...]
Posted in Rockwills & Estate planning on Aug 26th, 2006
I was commenting to my wife two weeks ago that Muslims, as much as non-Muslims, would need to write a Will (more properly called a Wasiat). At the end of the day, everyone who has something to give away when he dies should plan how he intends to give them away. For non-Muslims in this [...]
Posted in Chess on Aug 25th, 2006
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it. Have you heard of Omar Khayyam? He lived about 900 years ago and he wrote the above verse. Those were the [...]
Posted in Careers on Aug 15th, 2006
When JobStreet.com ran a survey among a cross-section of senior managers and managers in multi-national corporations and large local companies in 2005, the results revealed a lot of short-comings among fresh graduates. Here are the top 10 reasons why fresh graduates remain unemployed. Oh, and by the way, even gainfully employed people can benefit from [...]
Posted in Careers on Aug 14th, 2006
In the past few days, I have been working on my presentation material for a resume writing talk that I will be giving to the students of a university in Labuan at the end of this month. I had been busy researching material when it struck me that a perfectly good item to include in [...]
Posted in Investment on Aug 11th, 2006
To many people, owning property is the ultimate investment. Their measurement of wealth is the number of landed property that they own. I’m sure you have met such people. Property, of course, is an excellent investment tool. There is no denying that. It all boils down to location, location and location (or, as my friend [...]
Posted in Investment on Aug 10th, 2006
It took just two stories in the vernacular press a few days ago and a few words from our Prime Minister and the whole Unit Trust industry in Malaysia stood condemned in the eyes of the public. Can you believe that it was claimed by the press that an estimated 80% of EPF members that [...]
Posted in Rockwills & Estate planning on Aug 9th, 2006
Are you and your spouse a lovey dovey couple? As a lovey dovey couple, did both of you decide that when either of you die, everything you or your spouse own will be given to the survivor? You did? Good. Then you have joined a lot of responsible people who wants to do what’s right [...]
Posted in Investment on Aug 7th, 2006
Tilson … who? Whitney Tilson, an investment guru from the United States. His company manages three hedge funds and two mutual funds. Recently, I chanced upon an old article of his in the Internet. I felt it was quite interesting; it was such a good read. In Tilson’s article, he wrote: “Numerous studies have shown [...]
Posted in Rockwills & Estate planning on Aug 4th, 2006
In the Malaysian context of estate planning for non-Muslims, a Will is probably one of the most useful pieces of document a person can ever have. A Will is a wish list not of things you want to acquire but a wish list of things you have and want to give away. With a Will, [...]
