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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...

Just providing an alternative view. Maybe China's intention is really out of good will, to promote free trade and benefit everyone as a whole. In an ancient Chinese book called the 推背图. The prediction for the future of the world is not apocalypse or world war, but a 大同世界。Which means everyone in...

Even Bloomberg took notice of FC. And the sentence they used is ' scares the hell out of everyone's..lol http://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2016-11-21/-100-billion-chinese-made-city-near-singapore-scares-the-hell-out-of-everybody

Open an account with the same bank in SG and Msia. Link them up. In Msia acct, open a SGD acct. Then internet transfer from SG bank the SGD over to Msia bank, usually this is without fees. I.e. SGD 1 to SGD 1. Then call your bank in Msia to ask for a quote for the exchange rate, and they will...

One step at a time. http://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/11/188478/kl-singapore-ink-hsr-deal-dec-5

A new attraction in Johor, should have this dragon in a airconditioned mega mall instead, too hot to be standalone under the sun. http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/32m-dragon-attraction-opens-in-johor