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ETS will be 24 hours during festive seasons! Book yours now!

My good friend from Hong Kong was very surprised when she saw some shops which open for breakfast close after lunch. Meanwhile some shops which will open till late night opens only at 5pm. She says in Hong Kong, shops stay open the whole day because they need to maximize the earnings to cover the rental. Well, we are lucky that rental has yet to become too high that shops must stay open the whole day just to cover the rental. One day, maybe all shops have to open the whole day. However, there’s something very important that we must always do; maximising the value from assets which we have.

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JB Sentral to KL Sentral via ETS? 30 percent discount for this new route!

I heard the journey between JB Sentral and KL Sentral will be around 3.5 hours. So, it is now possible to finish breakfast in JB and enjoy lunch in KL followed by shopping in KL, sightseeing in KL, lots of good food in KL before staying the night and then a breakfast in KL before leaving for JB to have lunch. No need to drive. No need to feel tired. Yes, it’s possible to be cheaper by driving up with 3 others in the car even after including petrol and toll but pity the driver yeah.

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Light Rail Transit 3 is in final phase of testing! Let’s ride it soon!

Let’s take a look at the stations below. If you are staying nearby one of the stations, will you stop driving and take the LRT instead? I have since asked 3 friends staying in Shah Alam. They say the stations are a quick drive away but they have to send children to school… they need their car… they need more flexibility… well, maybe it will help to alleviate by reducing the number of cars but I think traffic jams cannot be a thing od the past.

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MRT3 Circle Line: Buy, Buy and Buy? Push up property price?

First of all, many things could push up property prices. Think periods of 2008 all the way to 2013. The years when everyone thought prices could go up forever and developers launching as if there’s no tomorrow. The years when buying a property meant queuing up starting the day before or even days before! Or paying someone to stand in line for you. (Yes, this actually happened when I was still based in Penang)

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When can we take the train from Kota Bharu to Gombak at ETS speed? Not too distant future!

Every friend who has ever taken ETS thus far loves it. It’s quiet, stable and the seats are way bigger than the typical airline seats. People say that the speed is not bullet train… People also say flying is faster. Well… traveling from KL to Ipoh via ETS is definitely FASTER than driving from KL to the airport and taking the flight yeah.

This is true even if it’s ETC from Ipoh to Butterworth. The flight time including driving and the flight itself plus queuing to exit the plane to grab luggage etc could have easily taken close to 3 hours in total. Meanwhile ETS is merely 1 hour and 40 minutes. Just arrive maybe 15 minutes earlier to catch the train yeah. Coming back to the possibility of taking the ‘ETS’ from Kota Bharu, Kelantan all the way to Gombak, Selangor. Read more.

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Mutiara Line Light Rail Transit. Penangites, are you ready when it’s ready?

Penang’s traffic jam on first bridge is actually getting worse these days. In fact if we have a dinner appointment in Perai (mainland) and we are going to come from Greenlane towards the first bridge, please do start much earlier or our timing may be unpredictable. The reason is a simple one. There are just too many cars in the island and there are just so many roads. As many Penangites would always say, ‘not easy to find a parking.’ This is just a sign that the number of cars are getting way too many.

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MRT 3 Circle Line – public inspection now and please give your feedback!

I do not need to be convinced yeah. I would prefer to drive versus taking the MRT anytime but I am someone who thinks that if we could connect places better, then people may drive less. We also need to stop the petrol subsidies too when we have enough public transport. Now is the time we can give our feedbacks to MRT Corp on MRT Line 3. This is also commonly known as the Circle Line. It will make changing stations and traveling between the furthest stations become much closer to one another.

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Property Investment 101: Buying near MRT station is sure success?

No matter who the person is, if the person tells you that buying this property is sure success because it’s near the MRT, please think again. The reason is because if there’s such a thing, everyone would already know and everyone would have been faster than us. In other words, when we learnt about it and we wanted to buy, the price has already moved upwards.

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HSR KL – SG is not enough. Better for HSR to link to China to be feasible

We do not yet have latest news after MyHSR Corporation, the government-owned entity overseeing the HSR’s development closed the January 15 2024 deadline to receive concept proposals from seven local and international consortia. Yes, seven concept proposals which meant even more time to sit down, analyse, discuss, get some professionals to be consultants etc. Now, we have news discussing the benefits of the HSR and how it could be more feasible.

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MRT news: Profit is very possible, just follow MTR Hong Kong

I was at the Malaysia Land Conference 2024 when a speaker shared about Transit Oriented Development. (TOD). These days, many developments are being branded as TOD. In my own definition, TOD simply means everyone staying there should take the public transport. TODs should be maximised in terms of the number of units and minimised in terms of the number of car park spaces because that’s not the purpose of the TOD in the first place.

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Penang LRT News: What’s coming soon?

I just read that the LRT line for Penang is finalised. In fact, it’s now in the open tender phase too. For Penangites who may want to take the public transport and only drive when it’s necessary, this is good news yeah. Let’s also not forget that the petrol price will be going up too and that’s not a great news versus a potentially lower cost when one takes the LRT instead.

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