Archive for October, 2007

Gifts for Men

I wonder whether guys like to receive things for their garage as presents. Since our maxim is to stretch the dollar and maximise profits, we might as well buy something that is useful. It is not like asking your girlfriend or your wife whether she wants a vacuum cleaner for her birthday. (You better not!) [...]

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FTSE ST China Index Companies Part 1

FTSE ST China Index will be launced in January 2008, but a trial run will begin on Monday. This index measures 50 China counters. This will represent the performance of Singapore-listed companies that are at least 30 percent owned by the mainland Chinese government, non-government-linked Chinese companies, or mainland China residents or nations. A compilation [...]

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Wealthy Women Series I Part 5: How to Buy A House With Only 10% Cash

Despite Zhang Chunchun’s immense wealth from property buying, she did not forget about her brother. Her father, a super stingy man, had trained his children to hate money unknowingly. It was much later that Zhang Chunchun realised the importance of money, but her brother still thought that money was the cause of trouble. Her brother [...]

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Tax Evasion: Hawker Jailed

Tip Top Curry Puff owner is jailed for tax evasion. Looi underreported earnings from his delicious curry puffs made with secret formulae. Apart from 2-week jail term, he has to pay a fine of almost $200000. The stall in Ang Mo Kio, near the polyclinic has a steady flow of customers and I would buy [...]

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Wealthy Women Series I Part 4: How To Avoid Buying A House With Bad Qi

  One of the things to avoid in house-hunting is to avoid buying a house where there was a death, especially when violent death or unnatural death had occurred. Zhang Chunchun, the property magnate, nearly bought one such potential house from the auction. Auctions usually allow buyers to bid for houses, and sometimes it could [...]

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Smart International Property Expo Singapore 2007

Smart Expo 2007 will be held on 6th and 7th October at Suntec City at Hall 402. It is held over the weekend. Various overseas properties for investment will be introduced. The countries include from Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, Canada and Britain. You may find out more about possible property investment opportunities. Some of the seminars [...]

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Wealthy Women Series I Part 3: If Something Is Too Good To Be True

  Imagine you could beat a great house way below valuation. It means you can make good money. That’s what Property Magnate Zhang Chunchun found out. She liked a place sufficiently to want to buy it. It was way cheaper than the valuation price, and the agent explained that it was because they wanted to [...]

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Wealthy Women Series I Part 2: How Zhang Chunchun started her Property Empire

Looking through 200 houses in 45 days is no joke. Yet, Zhang Chunchun’s father told her not to be too impulsive, so he held her chequebook with him until she had seen 200 houses. The first house she saw was great. It had everything she wanted, and the best thing was it had a Panic [...]

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Wealthy Women Series I Part 1: Taiwanese Dancer becomes Property Magnate

Zhang Chunchun has 40 houses and within her clique of 10 property buying friends, they have 103 houses among them. I am amazed at her skills in building up her property empire, and I believe she makes a lot of money from renting and selling. She is somewhat of a mini celebrity in Taiwan, and [...]

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Read Business Times for Free

The Business Times from Singapore is one newspaper I want to subscribe to. I had mentioned that earlier. But since my family already subscribes to The Straits Times, I thought I should cut down on costs and order an online version instead. At the same time, I could read the newspaper from 4am. (Who actually [...]

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