Posted in Penang on Jul 30th, 2007
Great things are in store for Penang. Malaysian prime minister Dato Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will be here tomorrow to launch the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER) that empasses Penang, Kedah, Perlis and northern Perak. As a Penangite, I’m absolutely thrilled. I see the NCER as an avenue to enable this north-western part of Peninsular Malaysia [...]
Posted in General on Jul 29th, 2007
If you are a parent living in Malaysia or Singapore, I would like to point you to a posting that I’ve just written in my other blog. It’s about moral decay in our society that’s affecting our youths. Normally, I don’t do this cross-posting stuff but I feel very strongly about this issue and it’s [...]
Posted in Investment on Jul 27th, 2007
To see the extent of how the world markets are all inter-connected, the various bourses in the Far East are reacting negatively this morning to the sharp overnight drop on Wall Street. Yesterday, the Dow industrials tumbled 312 points on signs of further weakness in the housing market and deteriorating conditions for corporate buyouts. The [...]
Posted in Investment, Mutual Fund, Unit Trust on Jul 23rd, 2007
Malaysia’s first equity-based exchange traded fund (ETF), launched by the AmInvestment Bank group, made its maiden appearance on the Bursa Malaysia last Thursday (19 July 2007). The introduction of the equity ETF as a viable alternative investment instrument had been inevitable but now that it has made its debut on the Bursa Malaysia, more ETFs [...]
Posted in Rockwills & Estate planning on Jul 22nd, 2007
This article is taken from The Malaysian Reserve of 13 July 2007. It has also been reported in The Edge Daily website and The China Press: ROCKWILLS International Group chief executive officer Saw Leong Aun said with many Malaysians yet to write their wills, there is a large untapped market for the business in the [...]
Posted in Careers on Jul 17th, 2007
I wrote this article today in the old JobStreet Blog on the WordPress server in my capacity as the Content Manager. The blog has been taken down because WordPress considered our material as too commercial. So, while we at JobStreet.com are still working out an alternative solution – most probably we’ll host the blog ourselves [...]
Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work. – William Arthur Ward (1921-1991)
Posted in Rockwills & Estate planning, Rockwills & Inheritance on Jul 10th, 2007
Every now and then, we are reminded about the unresolved inheritance issues affecting all the races in this country. No one is immune. Just today, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohd Nazri Aziz mentioned again that the estate value of deceased Malaysians that remained unclaimed due to unresolved beneficiary issues has reached [...]
Posted in Investment, Mutual Fund, Unit Trust on Jul 7th, 2007
Frankly, I’m quite disappointed with the level of professionalism displayed by all banks today. In the quest for profits and more profits, the banks have failed to train their younger staff properly. The trend was seen starting about 10 years ago. It was still tolerable then, but not now. If you don’t know what I’m [...]
Posted in Careers on Jul 3rd, 2007
When you are attending a job interview, you are always told to be on your best behaviour. What this usually means is that outwardly, you are expected to dress right for the interview and mind what you do and say. You are also expected to know your employer by understanding their market and what they [...]
