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Regards
Quah, Seng-Sun
Penang, Malaysia

I wrote this article today in the JobStreet Blog in my capacity as the Content Manager. It’s a shame if I do not reproduce an extract here because privacy of personal data is suddenly becoming a big issue in Malaysia, all because some politicians found themselves on CTOS Sdn Bhd’s blacklist of names.

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Do more than belong: participate.
Do more than care: help.
Do more than believe: practice.
Do more than be fair: be kind.
Do more than forgive: forget.
Do more than dream: work.

- William Arthur Ward (1921-1991)

Every now and then, we are reminded about the unresolved inheritance issues affecting all the races in this country. No one is immune.

Just today, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohd Nazri Aziz mentioned again that the estate value of deceased Malaysians that remained unclaimed due to unresolved beneficiary issues has reached RM40 billion.

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When you are attending a job interview, you are always told to be on your best behaviour.

What this usually means is that outwardly, you are expected to dress right for the interview and mind what you do and say. You are also expected to know your employer by understanding their market and what they do. And of course, you are expected to know your own stuff well.

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The Securities Commission in Malaysia has introduced a new regulation called Single Pricing Regime (SPR) which goes into effect today. What this means is that from today onwards, there will only be one price - the Net Asset Value (NAV) per unit - quoted for selling and redeeming unit trusts.

This regulation has been expected in the unit trust industry for some time.

While it poses an additional challenge to and increases the level of competitiveness for the fund management companies and their consultants, it should be a move welcomed by investors because there is now greater transparency of the charges paid by the investors.

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Yes, it is now official. The legal suits that Rockwills Corporation and OSK Trustee had been hurling at one another have been settled amicably. Both parties have agreed to withdraw them.

I was having dinner with the branch manager of a local unit trust company last Wednesday when I asked her why certain funds cannot be purchased with an investor’s EPF savings. After all, EPF had been allowing its members to withdraw from their Account One to invest in unit trust funds but I’ve seen just too many new funds that just could not get the green light from EPF.

“It’s just not us alone,” said the branch manager, add that all the fund managers in Malaysia are now facing the same difficulty with EPF.

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Recently, I heard about this Taiwanese artist who has become an inspiration to many people in this part of the world.

Hsieh Kun-Shan paints with his mouth, having learnt this skill after losing both his arms and a right leg to a horrendous factory accident when he was 16-years-old. He’s now 48, so that accident must have happened around 1975.

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Before you speak, listen.
Before you write, think.
Before you spend, earn.
Before you invest, investigate.
Before you criticize, wait.
Before you pray, forgive.
Before you quit, try.
Before you retire, save.
Before you die, give.

- William Arthur Ward (1921-1994)