Another Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) will be listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia on 7th DEC 2011. Pavilion REIT, which is expected to raise RM695.2 million from its initial public offering (IPO), has secured six cornerstone investors to take up 265 million units at an offer price of RM0.90 sen per unit or the institutional price, whichever is lower. The cornerstone investors are Permodalan Nasional Bhd, Employees Provident Fund Board, Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan), Great Eastern Life Assurance (Malaysia) Bhd, American International Assurance Bhd and HwangDBS Investment Management Bhd.
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Distinction for property developments in Malaysia has no other name than that of the FIABCI Malaysia Property Award, the annual awards define the gold standard for building projects not just nationally but all over the world. The Quill Group of Companies and UEM Land Berhad were the big winners at the FIABCI Malaysia Property Award 2011 organised by the Malaysian chapter of FIABCI, the international real estate federation, on last Saturday night, 15th OCT 2011 at One World Hotel, Bandar Utama. Both Quill and UEM Land won multiple awards each amid much fanfare at the premier national property award which recognises the best in the country’s property projects.
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Few days ago, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) announced the new Third Series of Malaysian coins in denominations of 5 cent, 10 cent, 20 cent and 50 cent will be in circulation starting 1st JAN 2012 while the old coins will be gradually phased out. The new coins are legal tender and will co-circulate with the existing series for a few years before the old coins are eventually phased out. This series of new coins are smaller and lighter, themed after the nature, flora and traditional handicraft which comes in yellow and silver colour with the edge designs enable the public and also the visually-impaired to identify and distinguish the different denominations.
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PC EXPO is coming to town this July. Be prepare some money to get the gadget you want in the expo; or be prepare a good camera to take nice photos of chics in the expo :p
Besides the event, you can also like the PC EXPO Facebook page and join their “Like and Win contest” to stand a chance to win up to RM3000!
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Looking for ways to expand your wealth with your hard earned money? You may now enjoy one of the highest Step Up Fixed Deposit rates in the market. Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia is now offering Step Up Fixed Deposit rates up to 10.28% per annum for 6 months by investing in selected Wealth Management products. This promotion will run from 1st JUN 2011 to 30th JUN 2011 and is open to all existing and new customers of Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia, with terms and conditions apply.
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Time magazine has named Facebook co-founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg as Time’s Person of the Year 2010. At only 26 years old, Mark Zuckerberg becomes the youngest person to win this award since US pilot Charles Lindbergh in 1927. In 2003, Mark Zuckerberg was a 19-year-old Harvard University student who began an “an online directory” that connected “people through social networks at colleges”. A mere 7 years later, he has built a social and monetary empire, and has gone to become one of the youngest billionaires in the world, estimated to be worth US$6.9 billion.
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Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York City, tops Forbes list of “World’s Most Powerful Billionaires”. Meanwhile media and banking titan Silvio Berlusconi, also prime minister of Italy, ranks second on the list. Billionaire industrial heir, Saad Hariri, who was appointed prime minister of Lebanon last JUN ranks fifth. Rounding out the top five are Mexican telecom titan Carlos Slim and Russian oil magnate Vagit Alekperov. Hong Kong and East Asia wealthiest man, Li Ka-Shing ranks eight in the list.
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When you in the cyber-cafe, you need to type the Chinese characters to reply your friends comments in facebook or create a post in your blog. What you will do if the machine was not installed with Chinese input tools?
Normally i will open the google and search for “Chinese online input”. Then click on first search result link; Chinese Input Method Editor – (IME) – Free Online Tools. This tool allows you to write Chinese on your computer without installing any software. This Online Chinese input editor is based on pinyin. What you need to do is type the Chinese character or sentences, then copy it to your facebook or blog. That’s it!
How to use the tool
- Write pinyin. The pinyin will appear in the right-upper box. In the right-lower box, the tool will propose a list of character corresponding to the pinyin.
- If the first character proposed is the one you intend to write, just press the “space” bar. The character will be displayed in the left editor box
- If the character you want is the 2nd, 3rd, … just press the corresponding key (1), (2) of your keyboard. The character will be displayed in the left editor box
- If the list of character exceed 10, then use the key “Page Down” “Page Up” of your computer.
It’s make your life easy although you not installing any Chinese Input tools on your machine. Hope you enjoy it.
Go to Chinese Input Method Editor
US banking giant Citigroup Inc becomes the seventh foreign company to grant a stockbroking licence from The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC). However, it will be focusing its business model on foreign and domestic institutional business. Any variations to the business model are subject to the SC’s approval.
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