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Johor properties tak laku suda

fu'house — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 22:30:04 +0800

Full cerita:

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/c...laysia-14964430

Kondensed:

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How Johor’s residential property market has been hit hard by COVID-19

The Johor skyline is now dotted with empty condominium units, due to an oversupply in the market and lack of foreign buyers.

Story 1:
Just three years after he purchased (four-room condominium at Lovell Country Garden in 2018) Gan, who bought the unit at around RM1 million (US$242,000), is having a hard time trying to sell it, even though the asking price is a fraction of what he paid for it.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit last year, border closures between Singapore and Malaysia meant that he and his family could not visit his weekend home.

Furthermore, Gan’s business in Singapore has been affected by the pandemic, and he now needs to sell the apartment to gain some liquidity.

“All this was never part of the plan. But the house is just left there, collecting dust and its value is going down by the day. We felt it is better to cut our losses and try to get rid of it,” he told CNA.

Story 2:
A Taiwanese woman, who wanted to be known only as K, told CNA that she has put up her 3-room condominium unit at The Astaka for rent, after she headed back home when the pandemic hit.

The Astaka, a premium condominium located at Bukit Senyum in the heart of Johor Bahru, saw 70 per cent of its units snapped up by buyers when it was first launched in 2019.

The two towers, standing at 65 and 70 storeys, have three- or four-room units of between 2,207 and 2,659 sq ft.

However, after the pandemic hit, demand has dried up and owners who are not in Johor are not able to find interested tenants.

She first listed her 3-room unit at RM5,700 a month. Fifteen months later, she has lowered the rental price to RM3,800 and there has not been a single offer from potential tenants. She purchased the unit for around RM2 million.

“I think considering the circumstances, I have no choice but to lower the rental price. I notice that there have been no offers. I am patient. Hopefully, when the pandemic is over, there will be people who are interested,” said K.

Story 3:
A Singaporean who wanted to be known only as Mustaqim, who owns a two-storey 4,000 sq ft terrace home at gated community Horizon Hills, has expressed concern that the value of his house is depreciating since he purchased it in July 2017.

Horizon Hills is popular among foreign buyers, especially Singaporeans, as it is a mere 15-minute drive to Tuas Second Link. The development is also close to amenities such as the Sunway Iskandar township, which has hospitals, malls as well as prestigious international schools.

Mustaqim bought the house as a retirement home rather than an investment, but admitted he was worried that based on recent price trends in the area, his home has lost some of its value.

He bought his home a decade after the development was launched in 2017, for around RM1.8 million.

“With COVID-19, some of my neighbours who are Singaporeans have decided to sell their homes for RM1.1 million to RM1.2 million. It is spoiling the market a bit but I can understand why with the borders closed,” said Mustaqim.

“I am concerned that this downward trend will continue and my home’s value will be going lower and lower. I would be owning a depreciating asset,” he added.

However, Mustaqim, who is currently in Singapore due to the borders being closed, is determined to wait out the pandemic.

“The value will rise again post-pandemic,” said Mustaqim.

Story 4:
EMPTY HOMES SUSCEPTIBLE TO CRIME

In September last year, it was reported that police had arrested two men for breaking into houses at Taman Bukit Indah, a suburb where foreigners have been known to invest in property.

Johor police added that the pair had specifically targeted vacant homes whose owners were in Singapore due to the border restrictions.

Rahmah Zainolabidin, a Singaporean who chose to remain in Johor Bahru during this pandemic, told CNA that she has been taking care of homes belonging to her family members who have chosen to return to the city-state.

She told CNA how her sister’s home, a terrace house located in a non-gated community in Taman Bukit Indah, had been robbed in August 2020.

“When I was walking towards the home from afar, I could see that something was wrong. The windows were pried open wide and the gate was ajar,” said the 65-year-old.

“They broke the gate grilles and drilled into the safe, taking thousands of dollars in cash as well as jewellery,” she added.

Rahmah said that her sister was considering selling the house, but she had to first set aside money to repair the damage inflicted.

“It is sad because she already got robbed, but now she has to fork out more money to try to sell it off. And in this market, I’m convinced there will be little interest, especially with the number of robberies reported in the area,” Rahmah added.

Tl;dr Sinkies or Malaysian work at Sinkie buy house in Johor, end up rugi buy overpriced property partly due to Kobis. Worse, kena break in rugi lagi. Find story 4 in spoiler quote.

Upah tiada di post #1.

MKN so relek, so wonderful.

fu'house — Thu, 27 May 2021 14:13:13 +0800

Everyday BBB UUU kes number, no eye see ICU entries and death count?

Such a wonderful majlis. Sanggup korbankan nyawa rakyat. Bincang 3 times a week but terdiam and gave up fed up like Abah?

How many must die because of a forced choice like Sophie's Choice?

One or both? Now we are like letting both dead in the gas chamber.

160 self quarantine pekerja asing in hotel

fu'house — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 18:50:28 +0800

https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/551323

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160 pekerja asing positif Covid-19 selepas kuarantin di sebuah hotel

Lebih 160 pekerja asing di sebuah kilang disahkan positif Covid-19 setelah menjalani kuarantin di sebuah hotel bajet di Seri Kembangan, Selangor sejak Jumaat lalu, kata pengasas Country Heights Holdings Bhd, Lee Kim Yew.

Daripada 200 pekerja asing yang dibawa dari zon merah Covid-19 di Klang itu, 31 diuji positif Covid-19 pada 14 Nov lalu, iaitu sehari selepas mereka mendaftar masuk di hotel berkenaan, kata ahli perniagaan itu.

Sementara itu seramai 132 lagi pekerja diuji positif hari ini, katanya kepada Malaysiakini.

Gambar yang diberikan oleh Lee menunjukkan pegawai kementerian kesihatan tiba di hotel berkenaan dan mengepung kawasan itu pagi ini.

Hotel berkenaan terletak berhampiran The Mines Shopping Mall yang dibangunkan oleh Lee sendiri.

Lee pada awalnya tidak melihat ada masalah bagi kilang berkenaan menghantar pekerja mereka untuk menjalani kuarantin di hotel yang dimiliki dan dikendalikan oleh kilang itu sendiri.

Bagaimanapun, dia bimbang terhadap kebajikan pekerja asing berkenaan dan keselamatan masyarakat sekeliling.

"Pekerja ini diuji positif Sabtu lalu tetapi mereka hanya dihantar pada Ahad malam. Sehingga petang ini, bangunan itu masih belum ditutup dan kedai serbaneka, yang terletak di tingkat bawah hotel, masih beroperasi," katanya.

"Saya bimbang terhadap keselamatan orang awam dan penduduk kerana pekerja asing berkenaan dilihat membeli barang di kedai serbaneka," katanya.

"Terdapat langkah pencegahan yang buruk untuk melindungi pekerja asing kerana kebanyakan mereka dijangkiti," katanya.

"Ini sangat serius dan virus ini sangat menular. Adalah tidak wajar bagi pengilang berkenaan menghantar pekerja mereka yang dijangkiti ke sini.

"Kamu tidak boleh pindahkan pekerja kamu dari zon merah (ke zon hijau) selepas tahu mereka dijangkiti, "katanya.

Malaysiakini telah menghubungi pengilang berkenaan untuk memberikan respons dan masih menunggu jawapan.

Who book jiken stay in those rooms hnggh kobis.

What I feel Health DG doing every 5pm

fu'house — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 20:21:16 +0800

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Sila vote. Everybody bored at home kena PKP. Mau viral it via fesbuk insta can credit here at /k.

Mari talk what if Mahrehsia gets lockdown

fu'house — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 22:16:06 +0800

Seandainya Mahrehsia have mass spreading of this KoronaVirus, gov follow China say kennot fly out no bus no train/stay in own taman or apartment - what is your priority/what you want to do?

Polis ronda with mask. Hospitals getting crowded.

Sila pilih no kombinasi or contribute idea:
1. Start bring handkerchief sneeze into it.
2. Start stocking up food for family.
3. Beli mask, everything like normal.
4. Solat hajat pray at home. Pray for cure and ask for ampun.
5. Live in with partner, piap and survive.
6. Inform school or workplace bercuti panjang.
7. You tell us what idea you have in kotak pemikiranmu!

Come berbincang.

Come /k gather round,post topkek story of taxi exp

fu'house — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 13:52:54 +0800

The story begins with:

Once upon a time, I had to find a taxi to rush to somewhere. Taxi follow queue, whose car at the front, the driver must send the pipul. This taxi experience is special; the driver isn't rude or bad. It's just 2 mins after leaving, this driver use phone to continue watch k-drama and drive!

Right hand hold steering + phone with thumb and right index finger. Eyes I taktau he look at screen more or road/cars more.

Syukur tak mati. Die-"ded" inside a little.

Other story, less interesting:
1. Take taxi 10pm but bullsheet double charge night.
2. The usual flat rate cheaper than meter, trust me I always drive there. End up lost direction and paid some amount, walked off.
3. Taxi driver thought I am from Singapork. Chat inside car radio with his friends in melei, charge how much. Kira lebih sikit. Price go up and up. Driver said 20, radio chatter say too low lah, 50. After much of tok back and forth. 35.

Main story, 1 & 2 common normal red taxi. 3 is the vavi setan penipu scammer Blue Company Taxi.

Politics Corner

fu'house — Sun, 13 May 2018 10:55:27 +0800

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How about making Malaysia Votes 2018 as Kopitiam > Politics Cafe?

All news of PH BN and breaking news of politics - all belong there instead of kopitiam.

Today I tune in to TV3 Bulletin Utama

fu'house — Fri, 11 May 2018 20:16:32 +0800

Those tiga suku era of LGE LKS bangs*t, Dr Mahathir khianati UMNO & Malays, Pembangkang this that and all those condemnations few weeks ago.

All gone. Now it sounds neutral again. Do watch the news again, on tv.

Two faced. Now for the better one, hope it goes on.

Improve searches for numbers

fu'house — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 11:31:18 +0800

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First of all, the new section or I've just discovered it recently is great. The only problem is searching for specific number.

Example from the thread: https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3259661
03 2167 3000, so called Ambank (scam?)

At the bottom area, if I follow exactly like the threadstarter 03 2167 3000, I will get a hit. However, if I type in 03 21673000 | 03-21673000 I wouldn't get to search.

What I am trying to say is, is there anyway to improve the search of numbers so that I can really find a specific number? Even if the space was deleted, I could not search for that number already. Please consider improving the searching for number/make it easier. I tried using wildcards * but it isn't easy. Telemarketers and "scammer numbers" calls aren't my favourite calls to pick up on.

Thanks for reading.

Disconnected when Asus N53SV laptop is on

fu'house — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:37:16 +0800

Broadband provider
ISP/package: TM Streamyx
Location: Seri Serdang
Have you called your ISP's helpline?: yes but didn't improve the situation

Personal equipment
Modem: ZyXEL P-600
Router: as above
Firewall used: None
Laptop using: Kaspersky Firewall

Problem details
First occurence of problem: Since subscription
Problem frequency: Every few minutes
Problem description: Keep disconnecting. 1st laptop using Win 7 64 bit (Asus N53SV.I5 processor) and 2nd laptop using Vista (Acer Aspire 4520).

Usually when Acer laptop is on use with streamyx, less/none of disconnection happens. However when both Acer and Asus laptop is on, the modem keep reboot/restart itself.

Pm Kita - Untuk Semua?

fu'house — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:21:38 +0800

How many audiophiles already listened to this piece of music?

Theme Song for PM

Click play

Song catch phrase : 0.53-1.10 mins

ATT: Time is incorrect.

fu'house — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 22:52:53 +0800

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Hello moderators and administrators. I'd like to notify you that the post timing is wrong, I posted a comment in kopitiam and it showed 11:49 PM but the time now is 10:50 PM. 1 hour faster.

It's something minor but I'd just want to inform. Thanks for viewing this thread.