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Brunei, a tiny oil-rich kingdom adopts Shariah Law recently. Almost immediately, Beverly Hills Hotel and Hotel Bel-Air, owned by the country through its Brunei Investment Agency were swarmed by American protesters urging the government of Brunei to divest itself. It will be interesting to see if Brunei, ruled by absolute monarch, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, could […]
... written on May 12 2014There’re basically two movies you should watch before you jump into the world of investment, especially the stock market. The two movies are “The Wolf of Wall Street” and “Inside Job”, released in 2013 and 2010 respectively. Sure, there’re tons of investing books in the market but frankly, you won’t learn as much from those […]
... written on May 05 2014He consistently roared and disagreed about hudud law, while his legendary comrade Lim Kit Siang sometime dares not voice it publicly during critical moment. He immediately resigned as DAP chairman following his conviction for sedition, while his comrade Anwar Ibrahim refuses to do the same when convicted of sodomy, never mind Malaysia’s “kangaroo court” was […]
... written on Apr 18 2014Whether history will judge Malaysia (under the present regime) well or not in handling the current Malaysian Airlines missing MH370 is a “future tense”. It could take years or even decades with debates from Arctic to Antarctic, and from East to West to determine if Malaysia has indeed done well in managing the crisis. Nevertheless, there’s […]
... written on Apr 01 2014The “Tax Season” is here, again. There have been some minor changes since our last article published in 2012. Our last article (read here) was based on old format of BE Form – a form for resident who does not carry on business in Malaysia. Since then, Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia has came out […]
... written on Mar 22 2014Global Times, one of China’s government mouthpieces have expressed its displeasure at Malaysia government. Apparently, the pro-Beijing newspaper couldn’t afford anymore of Najib administration’s “slow motion” in handling the disappearance of flight MH370 crisis. Indirectly, Beijing was telling Putrajaya to stop all the nonsense of being secretive about almost everything and come clean with their […]
... written on Mar 11 2014Malaysia’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 innovative and multimedia technology hub, similarly […]
... written on Mar 05 2014Samsung 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 iPhone-like gold edition to rival its […]
... written on Feb 25 2014Have 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 […]
... written on Feb 21 2014Malaysian 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 (*yawn*) skyrocketing cost of living at the […]
... written on Feb 06 2014
