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Entries from February 2006

If BCHB take over Southern bank : Who pay for it?

February 15th, 2006 · Comments Off

Southern Banks board just reject BCHB (Bumiputra commerce holding berhad) offer on taking over Southern bank. You can read the latest news here.

Before asking the question of rejection, first, we must ask one question : who will pay for it.

Since BCHB don’t have the volume of cash flow to buy over Southern bank, [...]

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Repacking lychee : when Stupid minister speaks, you should start thinking!

February 14th, 2006 · 3 Comments

Go google the world biggest “cocoa” producing country, you will find they don’t manufacture the finest end product – chocolate. Heck, you see fine chocolates are came from Belgium, Sweden, Japan,US, UK; countries that don’t cultivate cocoa.

So what is the fuss when the smart-alecks minister talk about Singapore rebranding fruits from Malaysia? [...]

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Cartoon vs religious hypocrisy

February 13th, 2006 · 1 Comment

You insensitive noob !

Well, it is harmless phrase we normally used for jokes on the web, Nobody will take it serious. Alas, if you deal with a depression personality eligible for Prozac , the above phrase is no longer a jokes.

So how should we look at those “insensitive cartoon” issue assoicate [...]

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Hello local banks : We have a problem here

February 12th, 2006 · Comments Off

Since BNM give the forcing the bank merging, the bank services give little improvement.

Alas, it seems the so called “M&A” did not help beef up the competition, despite it seems most of the improvement is mostly through “encouragement from BNM”(A.K.A force by BNM).

Recently, I have done an online transaction from RHB BAnk to Bumiputra [...]

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Abolish fuel subsidiaries = good things

February 3rd, 2006 · 1 Comment

In Malaysia, Chinese New Year (CNY) is special, it affect Malaysian everyday life. I am not talking about the “advertised”multi-racial harmony. It is not about “ang-pow”(the red packet), but price hike on foods. Soon after the chinese store increase the food and drinks price, the Malays, Indian and mahmad store will [...]

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