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Well thought MCO vs Bolehland MCO

T816B — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 13:41:05 +0800

The tiny island down south had just announced yesterday that MCO will commence on 7 April, until 4 May. Their PM's live telecast was nothing short of convincing, clear, and details enough as compared to what we had here.

Since I have a small set up in Singapore, I need to apply for Time Limited Exemption whereby my colleague could work at the office on 10 April for some shipments arrangement. Singapore has the options to apply for:

1) Full exemption, meaning the company can operate throughout the MCO
2) Time Limited Exemption, meaning the company can apply to operate for certain hours on certain days

The application can be done online, unlike one has to go to police station to try your luck here.

We submitted the application online just now. Within 10 minutes, approval was granted via email reply. This is what efficiency is, and should be.

Automatic Moratorium?

T816B — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 20:34:37 +0800

Heard that automatic moratorium will be implemented?

I guess this is a good relief for a lot of people.

WTS: Iphone 5s Gold

T816B — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 21:43:28 +0800

Item(s): Iphone 5S Gold 64GB (Original Set, Brand New In Box)

Package includes: All original accessories

Price: RM 3500

Warranty: 2 years

Dealing method: COD

Location of seller: Plaza Damas

Contact method/details: 012-2338191

Age of item: Brand New

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Item(s) conditions:

Picture:

Reason for sale:

Artificial Turf/Synthetic Grass

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WTA: Cost to build a factory

T816B — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:42:26 +0800

I would like to ask, what is the cost (psf) to build a light industrial factory?

Taking away the land cost, what is the approximate cost to build a 1.5 storey factory of the size of 40x85 feet (ground floor) and 40x40 feet (first floor)?

Also, what are the fees (authority approval fees, architect fees and etc) need to be taken into consideration?

Thanks in advance.

Artificial Turf/Synthetic Grass

T816B — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:29:41 +0800

May I know is there any artificial turf/synthetic grass supplier in Malaysia? I am keen to lay these synthetic lawn in my garden.

MTD's momentum?

T816B — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:07:55 +0800

I noticed that the share price for MTD has been moving up steadily for the last few months (since February). It was at RM 2.x level. As of mid July, the share price closed at RM 4.55.

MTD price has gone up quietly and steadily to RM 5.00 as of 27 July 2010. Does it still have the momentum to move further up? Or will MTD declare a special dividend?

There are almost daily share buy back but the volume is not high. To date, the company has bought back almost 9.6 % of the shares.

Please share your thought on this counter?

This is quoted from a financial blog.

Something Is Up With MTD Capital

Their forays into property and other local projects pale into insignificance when its the South luzon expressway project that keeps taking all their time and resources. It is obviously an increasingly attractive asset with multitude of partners. It got litigious probably because it is so attractive now and they are being muscled out.

Dec 23 2009 / The Edge: MTD Capital Bhd, which received a restraining order from taking over operations and maintenance of South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) by Manila Toll Expressway Inc (MATES) last week, said the court’s preliminary investigation conference on criminal charges against MATES has been postponed to Jan 14, 2010. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia yesterday, it said the courts had noted that the preliminary investigation conference scheduled on Dec 17 for criminal charges filed against all MATES personnel, drivers and securities guards charged with trespassing and grave coercion was cancelled and reset to Jan 14 next year.The criminal charges were filed by the Philippine National Construction Corp (PNCC), the partner with whom MTD is embroiled in a dispute over SLEX. MTD, PNCC, MATES, the South Luzon Tollway Corporation (SLTC), which is a unit of MTD, and the Toll Regulatory Board of Philippines (TRB) had entered into an agreement in 2006 for the construction, rehabilitation, expansion, operation and maintenance of SLEX. Under the agreement, MATES was to take over the operation of the expressway following the completion of the project. PNCC had previously owned a 30-year concession for SLEX, which officially expired in 2007. However, MTD’s chief executive officer Datuk Azmil Khalili Khalid and several others involved in the project have received an ex parte temporary restraining order (TRO) and a notice of raffle preventing them from forcibly taking over the operations and maintenance of SLEX last week.

There is only one house that follows MTD Capital, that's Affin Securities and they have always had a sell for the past 12 months. But the share price has been inching up over the last few weeks surreptitiously. Whats funny is the uptrend over the past few days was accompanied by few sellers. The company has also been buying back shares in recent weeks.

NTA RM2.37

The grapevine has it that they have finally found a way out of the South Luzon expressway. Its carried in the books at about RM1 billion, and naturally it is balanced on the debt side with an equally big loan for that. It is thought that they have managed to secure a decent price for exiting at around RM1.5bn. Sure, with just 300m shares that works out to be RM5.00 per share. Assuming they take RM1.2bn to pay down the debt, they still have RM300m to play with. If you add that to their cash in bank which is about RM400m, you have RM700m in cash.

If you also look at the controlling and substantial shareholders, they have been buying shares aggressively in recent weeks as well. I suspect most of them have the bulk of their net worth in the shares. It is also thought that the first thing they want to do after the sale is to do a big special repayment, possibly in the range of RM2.00 per share.

Thats the grapevine folks.

[addedon]October 12, 2010, 9:58 pm[/addedon]Finally, I have sold all my shares in MTD. Made a pretty decent gain based on my buying price at RM 3.62, and average selling price at RM 5.15.

MTD, any idea?

T816B — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:04:35 +0800

I noticed that the share price for MTD has been moving up steadily for the last few months (since February). It was at RM 2.x level, and today closed at RM 4.55.

There are almost daily share buy back but the volume is not high. To date, the company has bought back almost 8% of the shares.

Please share your thought on this counter?

[addedon]July 5, 2010, 8:12 am[/addedon]This is quoted from a financial blog.

Something Is Up With MTD Capital

Their forays into property and other local projects pale into insignificance when its the South luzon expressway project that keeps taking all their time and resources. It is obviously an increasingly attractive asset with multitude of partners. It got litigious probably because it is so attractive now and they are being muscled out.

Dec 23 2009 / The Edge: MTD Capital Bhd, which received a restraining order from taking over operations and maintenance of South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) by Manila Toll Expressway Inc (MATES) last week, said the court’s preliminary investigation conference on criminal charges against MATES has been postponed to Jan 14, 2010. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia yesterday, it said the courts had noted that the preliminary investigation conference scheduled on Dec 17 for criminal charges filed against all MATES personnel, drivers and securities guards charged with trespassing and grave coercion was cancelled and reset to Jan 14 next year.The criminal charges were filed by the Philippine National Construction Corp (PNCC), the partner with whom MTD is embroiled in a dispute over SLEX. MTD, PNCC, MATES, the South Luzon Tollway Corporation (SLTC), which is a unit of MTD, and the Toll Regulatory Board of Philippines (TRB) had entered into an agreement in 2006 for the construction, rehabilitation, expansion, operation and maintenance of SLEX. Under the agreement, MATES was to take over the operation of the expressway following the completion of the project. PNCC had previously owned a 30-year concession for SLEX, which officially expired in 2007. However, MTD’s chief executive officer Datuk Azmil Khalili Khalid and several others involved in the project have received an ex parte temporary restraining order (TRO) and a notice of raffle preventing them from forcibly taking over the operations and maintenance of SLEX last week.

There is only one house that follows MTD Capital, that's Affin Securities and they have always had a sell for the past 12 months. But the share price has been inching up over the last few weeks surreptitiously. Whats funny is the uptrend over the past few days was accompanied by few sellers. The company has also been buying back shares in recent weeks.

NTA RM2.37

The grapevine has it that they have finally found a way out of the South Luzon expressway. Its carried in the books at about RM1 billion, and naturally it is balanced on the debt side with an equally big loan for that. It is thought that they have managed to secure a decent price for exiting at around RM1.5bn. Sure, with just 300m shares that works out to be RM5.00 per share. Assuming they take RM1.2bn to pay down the debt, they still have RM300m to play with. If you add that to their cash in bank which is about RM400m, you have RM700m in cash.

If you also look at the controlling and substantial shareholders, they have been buying shares aggressively in recent weeks as well. I suspect most of them have the bulk of their net worth in the shares. It is also thought that the first thing they want to do after the sale is to do a big special repayment, possibly in the range of RM2.00 per share.

Thats the grapevine folks.

[addedon]July 28, 2010, 8:03 am[/addedon]MTD price has gone up quietly and steadily to RM 5.00 now.

[addedon]July 28, 2010, 8:04 am[/addedon]Will the price go further up?

Switch with a short timer

T816B — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 18:54:06 +0800

I know there are switches out there where by one can set it to switch on/off at certain times.

But I am looking for a switch whereby once I turn it on, it will off it by itself say 1 or 2 minutes later on.

Is there any?

Carrefour Puchong

T816B — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:32:10 +0800

Someone claimed that carrefour is coming up at Bandar Puchong Utama. Anyone has more details?

http://epuchong.blogspot.com/2010/04/carrefour-puchong.html

TNB and Syabas

T816B — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:29:06 +0800

I just collected the keys for my house. The previous owner has terminated the TNB and Syabas.

May I know where are the nearest office in Puchong that I can go to for the application of electricity (TNB) and water (Syabas)?

What documents are needed other than the S&P?

Powder Coating Grille?

T816B — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:02:48 +0800

May I know the price difference between a normal painted grille and powder coated grille?

Also, where can I find a good supplier (price and quality wise) for powder coating in KL?

Real time date for KLCI

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Real time date for KLCI

T816B — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:28:10 +0800

Sorry to post here, is there any real time site (or software) or subscription that can be used on Iphone 3GS?

Lake Side/Edge Puchong Land Fill

T816B — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:40:21 +0800

Sifu out there, anyone of you know how long has the area of Lake Side/Lake Edge being filled up from is previous life as a mining pond?

Would like to know if the land has finally settled down cos I am looking at buying a property there.

Thanks.

Macbook Bluetooth Modem

T816B — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:46:38 +0800

I have bought a Samsung i780 PDA Phone recently. I would like to use the i780 as bluetooth dial-up modem (for internet) when I am on the road.

However, when I use the "Set up Bluetooth Device" in the Leopard, my Macbook can't identify the i780 under the Mobile Phone selection.

Any idea how I can configure the i780 as an blue tooth modem for my Macbook?

Urgent!

Samsung i617/i780, Motorola Q9h, HP i910

T816B — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:29:01 +0800

Pardon my ignorance, is any of the above phones already available in Malaysia or Singapore?

Thanks.

Macbook force restart?

T816B — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:57:13 +0800

My Macbook has this problem happened 3 times in last one week. A window popped up stated "You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or press the Restart button".

Anyone know why? How to solve the issue?

Thanks.

aMSN multiple chat windows or tab windows?

T816B — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 22:26:09 +0800

When I use aMSN to chat, sometimes the 2nd or 3rd chat appear in a separate window. But sometimes the 2nd and 3rd chat appear as "tabbed" windows within the 1st chat. Any idea why?

Mail attachment, how to save to other directories?

T816B — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:25:06 +0800

I have attachment downloaded into my Mail program.

When I tried to save the attachment, I am limited to only several directories such as Macintosh HD or desktop or etc. How can I save to my own designated directory such as Macintosh HD/Personal Data/Company A/Quotation?