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Don't worry for forest city. Before this saga I already heard forest city wants to build a desalination plant. Now I know why.

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/09/19/motorists-caught-in-bukit-indah-flash-floods/ Bukit indah caught in flash flood. That's one of the fear for staying in landed, you never know when your house will be flooded. Always make sure your house is on a high ground.

That's the problem with some of these condos. The layout only allow to have two bedrooms with windows, but they die die want to squeeze in one more bedroom. End up that additional bedroom without window, or a window looking into kitchen. They should just keep to two bedrooms.

I guess not much you can do if the spa states that the unit is blocked by the opposite block. Only what's stated in the spa is legally binding....I feel sorry for you, a balcony facing a wall is totally not acceptable.

Let's be frank about it. Without China buyers, this development is nothing.

Can share what kind of businesses make sense to be operated from Johor? Any issue with hiring skilled workers?

Surprises to hear this, uem is a very established developer, like capital land in SG. How can they allow this to happen?

One more factory http://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2017/02/08/scgm-set-to-begin-construction-of-rm54mil-facility/

Commercial activities are picking up in Iskandar puteri. http://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2017/02/07/uem-sunrise-expects-rm800m-gdv-for-phase-3-of-johor-project/

According to iproperty, a few of the imperia units are being auctioned at rm484 psf. Anyone has info if these numbers are true? If yes, really good buy.

very interesting article to share. It is saying if you are borned in the 70s, and expect to retire at 65, your savings need to stretch to 90-95 years old. It's almost impossible, and the article recommends to 'work until die'. Investors in this forum will likely disagree...

http://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2017/01/05/country-garden-shares-slump-after-surprise-resignation-of-cfo/

This is a good read, explains why certain currencies are being targeted. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-24/in-asia-currency-reserve-checkup-two-countries-come-out-on-top

3.18?! They making a loss to exchange for you. That means they offloading Myr at all cost. So pessimistic!

Likely they are all cash buyers, they can get loan from no bank. It's so cheap for them, only 1/5 of what they pay in Beijing. 12000 is not even 0.01℅ of the upper middle class. The biggest question is still, who will stay there when completed? Unless the education part is true and the kids will...