By BUSINESS TIMES The Cheung Kong Group, owned by Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing, has emerged as the front runner to buy three shopping complexes put up for sale by TMW Asia Property Fund. Cheung Kong, which also helps manage AmFirst REIT in Malaysia via its affiliate ARA, is said to be going through the [...]
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Happy Chinese New Year 2011
January 28th, 2011 
Diana I will be going to Hadyai for 3 days 2 nights with my family over Chinese New Year. I wish we could go to Europe but that is way beyond my budget and my family has already been to Europe before – every one of them except me. Do you like the picture of kids [...]
Use Your Bonus to Buy Gold
December 7th, 2010 Diana It is almost the year end and companies are giving out bonuses to their employees for their whole year of blood, sweat and tears of working and laboring in the office. You can use your bonus to buy gold as a form of investment. Gold will certainly appreciate over time as according to the statistics [...]
Gold is a Good Hedge Against Future Inflation
November 10th, 2010 Diana Buying gold bullion is a good hedge against future inflation that erodes the value of paper money. Using the rule of 72, if the inflation rate is 4%, then it take 72/4 equals to 18 years for your money to become half its value. This is not good news, folks and you need to save [...]
I love Gold Coins
November 4th, 2010 Diana Do you know that gold is a good hedge against future inflation? The price of gold has increased a lot over the last 30 years or so. During my time when I was small, it was only $20 a gram. Now the price has shot up to $130 a gram! Gold is expected to double [...]
6 Best Money Tips for Young People
November 1st, 2010 Diana When you start earning a steady income for the first time, it’s easy to spend too much on luxuries or to take on debt. But it’s also the best time to set yourself on the path toward wealth. These tips, based on the book Generation Earn: The Young Professional’s Guide to Spending, Investing, and Giving [...]
I Don’t have Gold Bullion
September 30th, 2010 Diana For a start, I am not that rich to own gold bullion but I have GIA – gold investment account with Public Bank. It is just a small amount of gold for investment. The profit can only be realized 1 year later and not less than that, provided the price of gold has gone up. [...]
Gold Bullion for You
September 10th, 2010 Diana Do you have what it takes to invest in gold bullion? I certainly don’t have that much money to buy gold bullion, but keep most of my cash in Fixed Deposits and bought Government bonds or also known as Treasury Bills. The returns range from 2.75% for fixed deposits to 5% per annum for government [...]
EPF Scored Five Star Rating For Service Delivery
July 9th, 2010 Diana Only Government Agency Awarded With Highest Rating As an affirmation of its commitment towards service delivery excellence, the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has been awarded a Five-Star rating under the Star Rating System conducted in 2009 by the Malaysian Administrative and Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU). In a statement issued today, EPF Chief Executive [...]
Tags: CapitaMalls REIT listing expected to raise RM864mil
July 5th, 2010 Diana It is expected to be Malaysia’s largest shopping mall REIT PETALING JAYA: CapitaMalls Asia Ltd, one of Asia’s largest listed shopping mall developers, owners and managers by property value and geographic reach, has launched the prospectus and retail portion of what will be the largest shopping mall REIT (real estate investment trust) in Malaysia to [...]
