Posted in Rockwills & Estate planning on Jun 29th, 2007
Yes, it is now official. The legal suits that Rockwills Corporation and OSK Trustee had been hurling at one another have been settled amicably. Both parties have agreed to withdraw them.
Posted in Investment, Mutual Fund, Unit Trust on Jun 25th, 2007
I was having dinner with the branch manager of a local unit trust company last Wednesday when I asked her why certain funds cannot be purchased with an investor’s EPF savings. After all, EPF had been allowing its members to withdraw from their Account One to invest in unit trust funds but I’ve seen just [...]
Posted in General on Jun 21st, 2007
Recently, I heard about this Taiwanese artist who has become an inspiration to many people in this part of the world. Hsieh Kun-Shan paints with his mouth, having learnt this skill after losing both his arms and a right leg to a horrendous factory accident when he was 16-years-old. He’s now 48, so that accident [...]
Posted in General on Jun 15th, 2007
Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give. – William Arthur Ward (1921-1994)
Posted in Rockwills & Estate planning on Jun 9th, 2007
Many of you will realise that most of the articles I write here, in my It’s All In The Planning blog, are concerned with various aspects of financial planning – be it investment planning (while you are still alive) or estate planning (usually undertaken some time after you are dead) or something else. I’ve never [...]
Posted in Penang on Jun 6th, 2007
Do you think it is really possible to clean up the state of Penang, or for that matter, just Penang island? If the Penang Island Municipal Council (MPPP) is to be believed, it’s possible. MPPP president Datuk Zainal Rahim Seman said on 5 Jun 2007 that all he needed was six months to make this [...]
