Latest TVB series in Hong Kong ..Altantuya?

In my previous entry, we acknowledged that Altantuya's name appears as one of the characters in Cambridge Dictionary. Ehm, don't ask me was that true or not, purchase one and check it out for me, waud ya?

The latest breaking news is the tragic will be shot as a TV series ..



aiya, sorry lah, i malas to translate what's written in the above poster...you all pandai pandai belajar Mandarin loh, i can provide tuition though, RM45 per hour , hee...


Ideally and logically, if that becomes a reality, highest audience rates will definitely come from Malaysian. Anyway, if Hong Kong's broadcast company does really make it a reality to film this as a TV series. I'm sure rated highest of audience wouldn't been Malaysian anymore.

Coz' for sure the series will by all mean, being banned mah..

Forced to become old

I'm sitting in Starbuck Cafe now, up on the hill of Genting Highlands.

Me and a younger friend, and my elderly temple member went up to Genting Highland this morning. We took the bus from 1-Utama station. All the seats are taken up, suprisingly, on this Monday morning. Almost 95% are Chinese uncles and an-tiees.

The driver put up a CD, with numerous 80's canton classics (they were my secondary school period titles-lah), all made popular by singers such as Samuel Hui, Wong Meng-Chuen, Chan Pak-Keung etc etc... sung out by unknown artistes a.k.a. to the ori singers though, with higher tempo compared to the original titles.

My friends commented to me, rather loudly from his seat, over the pathway, pointing to the speakers : "You can't afford to be old now" !!

CHEERS


p/s : tsf, hi bro, have you been to GH lately, still trying your luck up there??

Rush to beat property gains tax deadline

Thinkproperty.my has reported an unusually high number of new listings after the 2010 Budget announcement as well as a high number of price cuts for properties on sale

The reintroduction of a real property gains tax (RPGT) from January 1 next year appears to have triggered a rush to sell properties but agents said it will be very tough to beat the deadline.

Thinkproperty.my, a website that lets people advertise their properties for free, said it has seen an unusually high number of new listings after the 2010 Budget announcement.

There have also been a high number of price cuts for existing properties that are on sale. However, it did not provide detailed numbers.

Last Friday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said the RPGT will return next year at 5 per cent after it was scrapped in 2007.

But agents think it is just a knee-jerk reaction. Property consultant Sharizal Supian said a property deal takes between three and six months to complete, which means it will be very hard to beat the January 1 deadline.

The RPGT has not been well-received as many think it would halt the growth of the property market.

Thinkproperty.my chief executive officer Asim Qureshi believes the re-introduction of the tax has been a year or two too soon.

"We need some of the feel good factor to gain momentum and this tax can only slow down that momentum.

"Furthermore, I believe that having a tax exemption for property owned for a certain number of years would be better as the tax would target property speculators," he said in a statement.

Asim said Malaysia is increasingly seen as an international property hot spot and the RPGT will somewhat undermine that view.

However, he thinks that at 5 per cent, the reintroduction has been gentle and it may not significantly disrupt the market.

"In terms of opportunity, it will be a good time to buy in the secondary market from now until year-end which is where the tax will have its most direct impact," he said.

Emkay Group chief oper ating officer Peter Teh has a different take. He thinks that any sudden surge in sales in the next few months would be mainly due to a recovering property market.

He said the tax will not deter serious home buyers. "They are also not really buying now but over a few years and they will not fell the pinch as it will pass through in the next coming years."

Property stocks took a beating yesterday as the property tax was "a negative surprise" to investors, analysts said.

IJM Land Bhd, the country's fifth biggest property developer, fell 2 per cent to RM2.44, while Sunrise Bhd slid 4.6 per cent to RM2.28. Eastern & Oriental Bhd shed 6.5 per cent to RM1.15.


p/s : Haven't the government recall what was the actual reason when they relieve the real estate gain tax in 2007...