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Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor, popularly known as MSC in the 90s, will celebrate it's 20th birthday in 2016; that's 2 years from now. Besides Proton, MSC was another pet project by former prime minister Mahathir. MSC was supposed to leapfrog the country into the 21st century by having an inno
Read Full StorySamsung has just unveiled the much anticipated new Android smartphone - the Galaxy S5. Samsung claims its new "super phone" has everything under the sun - a professional camera, a powerful fitness tracker, water and dust proof, a fingerprint sensor, a heart-rate sensor and whatnot. It even has the i
Read Full StoryHave you notice food prices have already been increased since early of the year? If your normal basic "Wantan Mee" was RM5.00 last year, it's RM5.50 now - that's 10% increase. A plate of "Mee Goreng" at Mamak stall is now RM4.00 when it was RM3.50 three months ago. Of course if you stay in area such
Read Full StoryMalaysian Chinese are still celebrating the Year of the Wooden Horse. Noticeable, there were fewer shoppers this year. The main culprit - high prices of goods. Instead of spending and showing off at restaurants, many chose to spend time at home during reunion dinners. Instead of chatting about (*yaw
Read Full StoryMalaysia is facing bankruptcy and PM Najib Razak was not talking nonsense when he made the threat. So, it's either GST at 6% or he's flying off to Bahamas for good, leaving Malaysians to settle the nation's debt. The country has proudly accumulated more than RM550 billion in gross debt from 1990-201
Read Full StoryBoth PM Najib Razak and opposition de-facto leader Anwar Ibrahim are smiling. And how could you blame them when the fool-proof punching bag - religion - is being used again (*yawn*) to divert attention. The prime minister can now sleeps soundly because peoples' anger about new taxes, utilities rate
Read Full StoryWhen the time is tough, people tends to go out for food especially fast-food restaurants. Unless you've an army family to feed, sometimes it's more economical to eat outside rather than cook on your own. The reason is pretty easy - raw ingredients are getting expensive regardless whether it's chicke
Read Full StoryChristmas is around the corner. You probably have bought most of your Christmas's gifts. In case you have not, this weekend could be your last chance to swipe your credit cards like crazy. It's hard not to use credit cards nowadays, especially with the escalating cost of living. Consumers, particula
Read Full StoryI had my breakfast at my favourite Mamak restaurant today. A piece of Roti Kosong, Nasi Lemak bungkus and Teh Tarik kurang manis totalled RM3.70, the same price as before the 2014 Budget last Friday. It's my favourite Mamak hangout because this is perhaps the last place on earth that will increase i
Read Full StoryBesides planning your year-end holiday, this is also the time to take a look back and see if you've done enough to maximize your tax exemption. If you're a Malaysian and the last time you bought a computer was more than three years ago, perhaps you should consider a new purchase. And if Apple Inc.'s
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