tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306951942024-03-08T02:59:06.820+08:00CHAP AYAM "THE STOCKAHOLIC" RESEARCH (Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange)Hidden inside every chart is a story. A story about where the price has been and where it might go in the future. Some stories are obvious. Others are a little more difficult to figure out.Tauke Sahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506292300209420146noreply@blogger.comBlogger472125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30695194.post-5899859547202424422012-11-03T19:09:00.000+08:002012-11-03T19:09:06.524+08:00Litrak - highest volume ever, maybe a takeover target<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Tauke Sahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506292300209420146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30695194.post-81674735360275849842012-10-24T16:51:00.001+08:002012-10-24T16:53:00.201+08:00Cross fingers legs everthing lahTH HEAVY - moving up<br />
SUNRIET - moving up<br />
menang tak banyak cukup makan saja Tauke Sahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506292300209420146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30695194.post-79435687200865384202012-10-24T01:37:00.004+08:002012-10-24T01:37:47.710+08:00SUNREIT supported RM1.45 ... buy on dips, bet to rebound<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Tauke Sahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506292300209420146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30695194.post-57993119031416507792012-10-20T01:04:00.000+08:002012-10-20T01:04:38.391+08:00TH Heavy testing resistance 60 sen, potential shoot out to 65 sen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Tauke Sahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506292300209420146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30695194.post-72695467377293659502012-10-19T19:29:00.003+08:002012-10-19T19:29:55.964+08:00Closing tutup buku... 3 wins, 1 kalah....<br />
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IRCB - 15.5 SEN<br />
MBFHOLDINGS - RM1.20<br />
PANTECH - 68 SEN<br />
LATEX - RM2.28<br />
CENBOND - RM1.02 Tauke Sahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506292300209420146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30695194.post-6932567140992862402012-10-16T12:49:00.003+08:002012-10-16T12:49:38.767+08:00IRCB... is someone cookin it?? pls stand up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Tauke Sahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506292300209420146noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30695194.post-6034744640210923752012-10-03T02:11:00.000+08:002012-10-03T02:11:13.200+08:00Pantech possibly shoot to 71 sen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Tauke Sahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506292300209420146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30695194.post-81335951041398280922012-09-20T01:43:00.002+08:002012-09-20T01:43:52.473+08:00Latex - potential shoot out to RM1.96??<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Tauke Sahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506292300209420146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30695194.post-58581619447627785472012-09-20T01:36:00.001+08:002012-09-20T01:36:55.200+08:00Century Bond - buy on the pullback to RM1.03??<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Tauke Sahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506292300209420146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30695194.post-65568384474062981382012-09-16T20:43:00.001+08:002012-09-16T20:43:33.325+08:00MBF Holdings... breakout resistance... target price RM1.45??<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><br />Tauke Sahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506292300209420146noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30695194.post-30027909962421659202011-12-30T02:34:00.002+08:002011-12-30T02:36:30.364+08:00For the sake of gatai tangan.. terbeli MHB..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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utilities arm have found "breaches of duties and obligations and inappropriate conduct."<br /><br />The company didn't provide further details, saying it had been advised by its legal counsel to keep confidential the details of the report and the nature of the proceedings for now.<br /><br />"The board has resolved to initiate legal proceedings and where appropriate, to lodge reports with the relevant authorities," the world's largest listed plantation firm by acreage said in a stock exchange filing.<br /><br />In May, the state-controlled firm had asked its then president and chief executive, Ahmad Zubir Murshid, to go on a leave of absence after an internal task force revealed significant losses from cost overruns in several key energy and utility projects, including civil work for the Bakun hydroelectric dam in east Malaysia and a contract for Maersk Oil in Qatar.<br /><br />The company then appointed a legal firm "to independently conduct follow-through investigations to determine culpability" for the losses at its troubled energy projects.<br /><br />Accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers was also tasked with carrying out forensic audits on the projects in conjunction with the legal review.<br /><br />An investigation by Malaysia's anti-graft agency is also ongoing, and the general manager of its unit Sime Darby Marine, Zamri Mohamed Ideruswas, was charged with corruption in August. - DOW JONES NEWSWIRETauke Sahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506292300209420146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30695194.post-41977142212217726352010-09-13T23:35:00.003+08:002010-09-13T23:38:21.995+08:00Axiata & MHC<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxBhk2iXQmwXfCfW18xEj1ulfjXkhjXjcBPjHfSet_Exi6Hfir0QsFOH64hhfdJx21YHItksMj1F4qlUSNAwwoAqvFgXMnLchJ2RFAF5a2jaOVit6czF3jTNC6QcJ6WzD4INZpJA/s1600/100914.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 31px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxBhk2iXQmwXfCfW18xEj1ulfjXkhjXjcBPjHfSet_Exi6Hfir0QsFOH64hhfdJx21YHItksMj1F4qlUSNAwwoAqvFgXMnLchJ2RFAF5a2jaOVit6czF3jTNC6QcJ6WzD4INZpJA/s200/100914.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516422379885262946" border="0" /></a> Click on image to get better viewTauke Sahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506292300209420146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30695194.post-10894773895734712672010-08-24T00:46:00.002+08:002010-08-24T00:51:40.834+08:00Selamat Hari Kemerdekaan<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.abflags.com/_flags/flags-of-the-world/Malaysia%20flag/Malaysia%20flag-XL-anim.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 373px; height: 203px;" src="http://www.abflags.com/_flags/flags-of-the-world/Malaysia%20flag/Malaysia%20flag-XL-anim.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a>BAHAWASANYA NEGARA KITA MALAYSIA mendukung cita-cita hendak :<br /><br /> * mencapai perpaduan yang lebih erat di kalangan seluruh masyarakatnya ;<br /> * memelihara satu cara hidup demokratik ;<br /> * mencipta satu masyarakat adil di mana kemakmuran Negara akan dapat dinikmati bersama secara adil dan saksama ;<br /> * menjamin satu cara liberal terhadap tradisi-tradisi kebudayaannya yang kaya dan berbagai corak ; dan<br /> * membina satu masyarakat progresif yang akan menggunakan sains dan teknologi moden.<br /><br />MAKA KAMI, rakyat Malaysia, berikrar akan menumpukan seluruh tenaga dan usaha kami untuk mencapai cita-cita tersebut berdasarkan atas prinsip-prinsip yang berikut :<br /><br /> * KEPERCAYAAN KEPADA TUHAN<br /> * KESETIAAN KEPADA RAJA DAN NEGARA<br /> * KELUHURAN PERLEMBAGAAN<br /> * KEDAULATAN UNDANG-UNDANG<br /> * KESOPANAN DAN KESUSILAANTauke Sahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506292300209420146noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30695194.post-34347944964506682642010-08-18T11:46:00.000+08:002010-08-18T11:47:47.744+08:00Malaysians use social media to bypass censorshipby Romen Bose <br /> <br />KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18, 2010 (AFP) - Malaysia bumps along the bottom of international rankings for press freedom, but the explosion of social media like Twitter and Facebook is revolutionising how journalists work.<br /> <br />Dissenting views, which for decades were screened out of the government-linked mainstream media, are now everywhere, including the blogosphere and mobile SMS messages, making repression extremely difficult.<br /> <br />One veteran reporter with one of the country’s leading newspapers said that for most of his career it was virtually impossible to write about the opposition or any issues deemed off-limits by authorities.<br /> <br />“But today, government MPs are forced to engage and debate their counterparts across the aisle in social media like Twitter and Facebook, allowing us to report on the opposition and avoid much censorship,” he says.<br /> <br />“Where previously we had to accept at face value a minister’s version of events or policies, today their disgruntled aides and opponents are already tweeting or leaking details on Facebook, giving us uncensored access.” <br /><br />“Although the restrictions and controls are still in place, it’s become much harder to censor what the opposition or rights groups say in the media,” says the journalist who, due to the sensitivity of the issue, declined to be named.<br /> <br />Malaysia was ranked 131st out of 175 countries in the 2009 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) press freedom index, because of its tight controls on print and broadcast media.<br /> <br />The watchdog says Malaysia prevents journalists from properly covering sensitive subjects such as corruption or human rights abuses, using a publishing permit system which allows it to shut down media outlets at will.<br /> <br />After decades of such policies, self-censorship became rife and political leaders hardly even needed to make the much-feared phone call to the news room.<br /> <br />But the seeds of change were sown in 1996 when the government pledged not to censor online content as part of a campaign to promote its information technology sector. <br /> <br />Despite occasional raids, bans and government criticism, the web and online media remain relatively free.Tauke Sahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506292300209420146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30695194.post-13439381981323531092010-08-18T00:42:00.003+08:002010-08-18T01:31:41.848+08:00Suddenly Bastardisation became Famous<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" 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I think we are quite close, if not really really close.. huh!. Before this we heard our Gavenor Dr Zeti said about "NOOORMALISATION" and Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve, Ben Shalom Bernanke also mentioned that word few times.. "Nuurrrmalizationn". <br /><br />Now Datuk Seri Nazir Razak, mentioned about BASSSTARDDISATION. That came on Aug 17 when he said the NEP was bastardised, it meant exactly that. Instead of giving birth to legitimate offspring, it has given rise to bastards. <br /><br />ANDDDD guesss what!!!!! US President Barrack Obama also used that word la bro... today the Obama Administration will host a conference on the future of housing finance - Home Ownership: A Bastardization of the American Dream. Is it a coincidence???<br /><br />So after this, don't shy to use the word lor. When u meet friends just said it, "Hi bastard, how r u, long time no see, where hv u been?" or "Bro, hv u been bastardize today?".<br /><br />Or u can tell tourists - "Dude! Our country is very unique. When all the countries in the world busy thinking about GLOBALISATION, we busy with BASTARDISATION."Tauke Sahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506292300209420146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30695194.post-22997517606391944742010-08-17T16:28:00.003+08:002010-08-17T22:03:56.695+08:00Highest Paid Directors<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBSWI1gesFMc1aW2K_RRMbslg_mQA0F7NuQqnqYbGdHfESeWG9GDNot4lqQs9GoY_t44CWyWW65ceZtd12GrgaHuI1ofijL5seJ2dfL0HGy853qqTpw2P9W25mblVcO665VCVmzQ/s1600/lim_kok_thay_3.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 120px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBSWI1gesFMc1aW2K_RRMbslg_mQA0F7NuQqnqYbGdHfESeWG9GDNot4lqQs9GoY_t44CWyWW65ceZtd12GrgaHuI1ofijL5seJ2dfL0HGy853qqTpw2P9W25mblVcO665VCVmzQ/s400/lim_kok_thay_3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506295246169655778" /></a> KUALA LUMPUR – Listed companies paid out higher remuneration to their directors in 2009 compared to 2008. <br /><br />Malaysian Business in its annual survey of the ‘Highest Paid Directors’ reveals that the top 10 companies in terms of total payouts forked out nearly RM300 million last year. Out of the more than 600 companies surveyed, close to 240 directors drew more than RM1 million in remuneration in 2009 despite the cautious economic environment. <br /><br />The survey appears in the Aug 16 issue of Malaysian Business. <br /><br />Not unlike last year, a large part of this increase comes from Genting Bhd, which topped the list with a big payout of RM92.11 million to its board. The company also had the highest remuneration band of RM87.6 million – RM87.65 million for a single director. However, the company did not name who the director was. The top executive listed is its executive chairman chief executive Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay. <br /><br />Other companies with the highest remuneration bands for a single director were Genting’s subsidiary Genting Malaysia Bhd which paid out RM37.25 million & above to its top executive. These payouts, however, might have been paid to the same person taking into view the possibility of double counting. <br /><br />In third place is IOI Corporation Bhd, which paid out a remuneration band of RM25 million – RM30 million to its highest-ranking director. However, this is less than the RM41.10 million – RM41.150 million it paid out in 2008. We assume that the recipient was IOI Corp director and founder Tan Sri Lee Shin Cheng.<br /> <br />The survey lists a total of 628 companies with a remuneration band of above RM300,000 as stated in the company’s annual report. Of these, only about 7% of the companies were transparent in stating the exact remuneration of their top executive. Interestingly, several companies with huge losses still rewarded their directors with huge payouts. <br /><br />The survey also reveals director remuneration from a sectoral perspective and what government-linked companies (GLCs) dish out to their head honchos. It also gives readers a peek into the ACE Market‘s top executive earners. <br /> <br />Malaysian Business, the country’s premier business magazine published by Berita Publishing Sdn Bhd, also features yearly the country’s 40 Richest Malaysians and the MB100 comprising the choicest companies on Bursa Malaysia.Tauke Sahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506292300209420146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30695194.post-11401966689430521082010-08-13T22:23:00.002+08:002010-08-13T22:30:31.027+08:00Eastern & Oriental Bhd, E&O-LB<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFFmoWdtfchUjj3tip2WXA_osZUGZj5MxUc11pfog1A1uagB0NTaBcg0vhqouRJ6qZ5HU5lnDAs8MLRlrsU4xEFDvd123U03kK3OTvU6W7advtTt9Q97EhG6IBXtOG18yC0Mi37A/s1600/EO1.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 333px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFFmoWdtfchUjj3tip2WXA_osZUGZj5MxUc11pfog1A1uagB0NTaBcg0vhqouRJ6qZ5HU5lnDAs8MLRlrsU4xEFDvd123U03kK3OTvU6W7advtTt9Q97EhG6IBXtOG18yC0Mi37A/s400/EO1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504900508037896594" border="0" /></a>Technically, E&O well supported at 1.1o - 1.12. Now on the rebound to test the 1.29-1.30 resistance. Same goes to E&O-LB, supported at 1.09, expected to test the 1.19 resistance.<br /><br />Background: Eastern & Oriental Berhad is a Malaysia-based investment holding Company engaged in the provision of management services to its subsidiaries. The Company has interests in three business activities: hospitality and lifestyle, property development, and property investment. The Company operates in three major business segments: properties, which is engaged in the development and investment in residential and commercial properties; hospitality, which is engaged in the management and operations of hotels and restaurants, and investments and others. The Company's subsidiaries include E&O Property Development Berhad, Dynamic Degree Sdn. Bhd., E&O Developers Sdn. Bhd., E&O Ventures Sdn. Bhd., Eastern & Oriental Hotel Sdn. Bhd. and E&O Leisure Sdn. Bhd. On March 25, 2009, the Company completed the disposal of its entire interest in Puncak Madu Sdn Bhd to Damansara Developments Sdn Bhd, owned through the Company's subsidiaries, Galaxy Prestige Sdn Bhd and Major Liberty Sdn Bhd.Tauke Sahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506292300209420146noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30695194.post-49831087117738133112010-08-12T00:26:00.001+08:002010-08-12T00:28:02.697+08:00Ramadan uplifting time for stock markets<p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Reallyyyyy arghhh... that what they said lahhh...</span><br /></p><p>(Reuters) - Ramadan, the holiest month of the Islamic calendar marked with fasting and prayer, is also an uplifting time for stock markets in predominantly Muslim countries, according to a study by the University of New Hampshire.</p><span id="midArticle_1"></span><p> Stock markets in Oman, Turkey, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Pakistan, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Malaysia, Bahrain, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia generated average returns of 38 percent during the month of Ramadan over the years 1989 through 2007, according to the report compared with their average 4.3 percent returns the rest of the year.</p><span id="midArticle_2"></span><p> Ahmad Etebari, a professor of finance at the university in Durham, New Hampshire, who was lead researcher on the study, said he was surprised by the finding.</p><span id="midArticle_3"></span><p> "Fasting is quite an ordeal during those long summer days in the Middle East," said Etebari, who was born in Iran. "I expected to see the opposite."</p><span id="midArticle_4"></span><p> Since Ramadan is determined by a lunar calendar, its starting date varies from year to year. Etebari found that the markets he analyzed performed strongly, regardless of the timing of Ramadan.</p><span id="midArticle_5"></span><p> Etebari concluded that the rally resulted from greater optimism during Ramadan. "This is behavioral," Etebari said. "It stems from psychology."</p><span id="midArticle_6"></span><p> Observance of Ramadan is expected to start on or about Aug. 11 and finish on or about Sept. 10.</p><span id="midArticle_7"></span><p> In the Middle East, Dubai's main index and Abu Dhabi's benchmark are both down so far this year, while stocks in Indonesia, an officially secular country that has the world's largest Muslim population, are up about 20 percent.</p><span id="midArticle_8"></span><p> "The implication of our find for investors is obvious," Etebari said. "Investors seeking fast profits in the Muslim world should try to profit from the fast."</p><span id="midArticle_0"></span><p> (Reporting by Scott Malone)</p>Tauke Sahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506292300209420146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30695194.post-66056361273727123132010-07-27T23:40:00.002+08:002010-07-27T23:46:39.256+08:00Reasons FoolCus Point deferred listingKuala Lumpur, 27th July 2010 - Focus Point Holdings Berhad (“Focus Point” or the “Company”), Malaysia’s largest chain of professional eye care centres, had been notified by the regulatory authorities and its Principal Adviser, OSK Investment Bank Berhad (“OSK”) on the evening of Friday, 23 July 2010 that a letter from an unidentified source had been sent to the authorities on three (3) points of allegations, being:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">(i) Some of the Company’s professional eye care centres do not have either a qualified optometrist or optician; </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">(ii) There are instances at some of the Company’s professional eye care centres whereby contact lenses are prescribed and/or dispensed by personnel who are not qualified to do so. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">(iii) As stated in the Company’s Prospectus dated 30 June 2010, there are only 27 units of K-metres keratometers, compared to the number of professional eye care centres operated by the Focus Point group. </span><br /><br />The Company had subsequently responded to the allegations on the morning of Monday, 26 July 2010. The following sets out the key points of the Company’s response:<br /><br />As at the last practicable date of 1 June 2010 as stated in the Company’s Prospectus dated 30 June 2010, all the 144 professional eye care centres of the Focus Point group are adequately serviced by 152 optometrists and opticians.<br /><br />All sales of contact lenses that require fresh prescriptions are carried out in the presence of a qualified optometrist or optician, who will provide the prescription. Contact lenses will only be prescribed or dispensed in Focus Point professional eye care centres which have either a qualified optician or optometrist. <br /><br />All the professional eye care centres under the Focus Point group have all the necessary optical equipment required to carry on its operations.<br /><br />The Board of Directors of the Company (“Board”) believes that the above allegations are adequately refuted and that the allegations were made with malicious intent to derail the Company’s listing plans and damage the Focus Point group’s business operations. In this regard, the Board wishes to assure the public that the group’s business operations are sound and that its fundamentals are intact.<br /><br />The Company is currently awaiting the deliberations of the regulatory authorities pursuant to its response.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Earlier response</span><br /><br />Kuala Lumpur, 27th July 2010 - Focus Point Holdings Berhad (“Focus Point” or the “Company”), the largest chain of professional eye care centres, said in an official statement today:-<br /><br />1. The Company’s listing date has been deferred pending an announcement. <br />2. The Company wishes to apologise for any inconvenience caused and expects to provide further details in due course.<br />3. The Company wishes to inform the members of the public that business is as usual in Focus Point and all its outlets, and the deferment of the listing date has no impact on its business operations.<br />4. The Company is the largest chain of professional eye care centre in Malaysia with strong fundamentals and solid financial standing (as disclosed in its prospectus dated 30th June 2010).<br />5. The Company wishes to assure investors that all monies are currently securely held by both the Placement Agent, OSK Investment Bank Berhad, as well as Malaysian Issuing House Sdn. Bhd. <br /><br />Statement issued by Focus Point Holdings Berhad dated 27th July 2010.Tauke Sahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506292300209420146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30695194.post-66484429832162886252010-06-28T00:16:00.004+08:002010-06-28T00:19:44.603+08:00Petronas Prince Court another Sime Darby?CEO asked to on leave?Tauke Sahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506292300209420146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30695194.post-47683386576057109462010-06-16T14:35:00.002+08:002010-06-16T14:46:30.610+08:00Bung Moktar & Ibrahim Stupidity - BNM Affin IssueThey gave Bumiputera a bad name bringing up the non issue of BNM rejected Affin proposal to take over EON Capital. Whart wrong with u guys? Do the background check la. I'm Bumi also, don't has any problem with BNM approaches.<br /><br />Bank Negara Malaysia is reponsible for the stability and soundness of the financial system as a whole. Individual financial institutions are expected to operate with strong financial conditions, management capabilities and corporate governance. <br /><br />This objective is paramount in the Central Bank's conduct of its regulatory and supervisory functions.<br /><br />It was understood, In the context of Affin-Eon Capital, any merged entity is expected to have the necessary financial and operational capabilities to meet the more challenging and competitive financial landscape. Furthermore, the merged entity should also lead to a more strengthened and resilient entity, having the necessary resources, talents and solid focus as well as business directions.<br /><br />It was understood also, Bank Negara Malaysia has communicated to Affin Holdings Berhad explaining,among others in the following manner ...Affin Holdings dan pemegang-pemegang sahamnya perlu akui yang cadangan pengambilalihan di atas akan menambahkan beban kewangan masing-masin dan ini akan mengehadkan keupayaan untuk menyuntik modal yang diperlukan oleh entiti gabungan di masa hadapan bagi menghadapi persekitaran operasi yang lebih kompetitif dan standard pengawalan modal antarabangsa yang lebih mencabar.<br /><br />The various perceptions that the Central Bank has not provided the basis for its decision is therefore not correct. In this matter, Affin Holdings Berhad could have been transparent..<br /><br />Bung go play with ur wife la & Brahim just concentrate on NEM la. Jgn kacau2 stock market and banking.Tauke Sahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506292300209420146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30695194.post-75958671404636351712010-06-07T01:32:00.001+08:002010-06-07T01:34:34.278+08:00Proton-VW Collaboration Called OffNews Release by Proton:<br />Subang Jaya, 6 June 2010 – As one of the largest OEM in the industry, Volkswagen would be an interesting collaboration partner for PROTON. Nevertheless, during preliminary talks between the parties, Volkswagen confirmed that it currently has other priorities and that a potential collaboration with PROTON could not be pursued.Tauke Sahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506292300209420146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30695194.post-15172219146248400562010-05-27T14:12:00.001+08:002010-05-27T14:16:25.012+08:00THE TRUE STORY OF SIME DARBY<span style="font-style:italic;">Sent to us by Dr Mubarak Chan Chin Cheung<br />Sime Darby Berhad Director 1974 to 1992<br /></span><br /><br />Poor Datuk Seri Ahmad Zubir Murshid, I sympathise with his present predicament. He was not the first executive of Sime to be mired in circumstances which went beyond his control - the force of historical circumstances which dated back to November 1976. <br /><br />All these began on 2 January 1972 when I proposed to a high Government official that Malaysia would be well-placed to have a conglomerate of its own at the inception of the New Economic Policy conceptualised by the team led by the Father of Development, Tun Abdul Razak, a statesman. At that point, I had not the faintest idea what it was all about. <br /><br />All I knew was that my Malay contemporaries were very keen to do business. They grew up with me in the environs of higher education in the United Kingdom in the 1950s. We were all fired up with the things we could do in a socio-economic way. <br /><br />Eventually, we all returned and I by force of circumstances became a planter. Then, I could see my Malay friends were quite poor compared with myself. Also, I realized the British dominated the banking, the plantation and tin mining sectors because the biggest rubber estate owned by a Chinese then, was only 7,000 acres and the non-Malays from the urban areas did all the menial business and the hard and unrewarding work at the leading edge of the early ‘independent’ Malaysian economy. <br /><br />The change came with the NEP which promised to give all Malaysians a new beginning.<br />I thought without a huge business entity controlled by the Malays with the co-operation of the non-Malays, we, the Malaysians, would be mired in unhealthy competition socio-economically amongst ourselves which would lead to self-destruction because 70 percent of the Malaysian economy at that point was still controlled by the British, not the Chinese. <br /><br />We would be getting at each other’s throats for third class assets. Without Sime Darby which eventually became the flagship of the Permodalan Nasional Berhad, non-Malay billionaires, some of them foreigners, would not be created during the NEP period.<br /><br />Hence, I proposed that a Malaysian owned and managed conglomerate should be established or acquired. By chance in October 1973, Sime Darby was involved in its first scandal concerning its chief excecutive and Pernas Securities moved in with the tacit support of the Minister of Finance and the Prime Minister who both had this great foresight to do what was best for Malaysia on free market terms. This was their finest hour to agree to take-over a British conglomerate at fair market prices. Arising from this proposal, Tan Sri Taib Andak, the Chairman of Maybank and myself were appointed as non-executive directors of London-based Sime Darby PLC in October 1974. <br /><br />But, at that time, there was not much money available for the Bumiputras. Without informing anyone, I managed to garner the support of important investors residing in a neighbouring country who entered the fray and helped us to win against all odds by November 1976. During this period the British were at their weakest being beset with political turmoil, by the weak pound and a dis-interested City in ex-colonial assets. Malaysian control was achieved with a few million ringgits, about RM 23 Million.<br /><br />Unfortunately, at the crucial moment, our Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak passed away. Then, my view was who pays the piper calls the tune. In other words, Malaysians should be put immediately in place to steer this great ship with a purpose what some national sovereign funds only set out to do in the 21st century. But from this point onwards, no one asked me for my views and this was the theme of the executive management to the day I was asked to resign 18 years later by the executives who benefited from my concept. It was all fine and dandy if there were no financial mishaps. <br /><br />The executive management reigned supreme over the Board to this day. This anomaly must now be rectified in the interests of the shareholders. This is not ethical and more.<br /><br />The management was not Malaysianised until 1982. By 1982, the best assets of Sime were sold in haste e.g. <br />1. the beverages firm Shaw Wallace of India, an Indian monopoly, with the valuable Assam frontier tea-estates. It is believed the son of the purchaser became a billionaire of India and owns the Kingfisher Airline.<br /><br />2. the two Orchard Towers, Singapore which are still standing even though the management urgently advised with photos that these would collapsed any moment <br />and had to be sold back to the contractor for S$ 23 Million quickly.<br /><br />3. the Amoy Canning land in Hong Kong which Sime tried to auction off but failed due to the fact that only the Hong Kong Government auction-off lands to balance its books. Eventually, a joint venture was formed with a member of the property syndicate operating there. This property became the MRT terminus !<br /><br />And only the 200,000 acres of plantation remained. Lastly, Wisma Sime Darby does not belong to Sime because the company had no money at its completion in early 1980s as the Board was told.<br /><br />In 1981, a foreign business paper reported that I was instrumental in helping the sale of Benta Berhad to a well-known gentleman. Unfortunately, I took legal steps too late to clear my name. The famous Singaporean lady lawyer told me that I was a non-starter.<br /><br />In 1982, as a Director of Consolidated Plantations Berhad I proposed that Sime should enter the China palm oil market. But only a small palm oil refinery was established at Port Said, Egypt. In fact, in 1972, at another institution I was urging my colleagues to take note that eventually, palm oil would overtake petroleum in the years ahead for Malaysia. By the early 1990s, all the vital port facilities in China were controlled by other Malaysian palm oil producers but not Sime. <br /><br />We went west instead of east. And sometimes, Sime’s physical stock of palm oil was sold to traders who were caught short.<br /><br />In 1990, I heard in the market place and from friends who gave me a quizzical look that the well-known gentleman who purchased Benta in 1982, acquired a parcel of plantation land from Consolidated Plantations known as Bukit Berutong for RM 4 Million. <br /><br />I asked the executives in charge why this sale was not presented to the Board for approval and was told that since the sale was so minuscule, less than 2 percent of the total assets of the Company, there was no necessity to do so. From the gentleman, this property was warehoused in a public-listed company and finally sold at the top price of RM 88 Million.<br /><br />Ironically, the Edge expose’ of Sime dated May 17 2010 also carried the story of the disgraceful state of affairs at Bukit Berutong. I also asked the executives why the valuable property was not sold to Sime-UEP. There was no answer.<br /><br />In 1992, I was requested to sign a Board resolution authorizing the purchase of an oil palm estate in Sabah which no one wanted for many years, for a sum of RM 32 Million. This money was used to purchase the Sabah Shipyard for RM 22 Million. I refused to sign because as I was knowledgeable about the plantation industry and was aware that this plantation was hawked around for much less for many years previously.<br />I was asked to resign the following day by the executives. In 1974, the late Tun Abdul Razak and Tengku Razaleigh supported me not Tun Tan Siew Sin who had died in 1989.<br /><br />Thereafter, the Sandestin Golf Resort, Florida was purchased for US$ 72 Million and it was reported in the press that the purpose was to train Malaysians to manage hotels even though the MARA college was already founded in the 1960s, After the crash of 1997, Sime announced that the resort was sold for the same sum in ringgits arising from a depreciated ringgit. The loss in US dollars was not announced.<br />A bankrupt British refrigerator company was purchased and an attempt was made to revive it in the Philippines. I believe it was written off together with an investment in Mindanao.<br /><br />And then came the cataclysmic events of 1996.<br />In the early 1990s, I traveled across the Atlantic by Serendipity Air and sat next to a German gentleman who claimed to be the head honcho of the family business of Hitler’s chief spy. I asked him why he did not travel by Lufthansa. He told me that for every US $100,000 he spent with this airline, he got a kick-back of US $30,000. His comment struck a bell in my mind as I noticed that someone was always encouraging the top executives to fly by Serendipity Air. And Sime through its benevolence followed the executives of the travel division overseas where it has become a favourite watering place for privileged Malaysians connected with Sime. <br /><br />I heard they are doing great things via Hong Kong and other parts of Australia without fanfare. It is a small world ! Sime Darby was unfortunately caught by the historical circumstances which surrounded its early promise at the beginning. From November 1976, to the present, its leadership was provided by the executive management which enjoyed its magnificent perks. <br /><br />It takes a company to develop its own culture over a period of at least 10 years. Sometimes, this did not succeed as in Sime. Apart from its beautiful advertisements, Sime’s real core business is in its plantations with attempts at financial engineering from one company to another to create profits. Thus, Consolidated Plantations was hollowed out and had to be sold as a shell for whatever the reason ! <br /><br />Any analysis of Sime will show it did not do anything since 1976 but was embroiled in scandals of seismic proportions after 1992 !<br /><br />The real substantial shareholders had no say. Because of this, once anything goes wrong in Sime, it goes very wrong. It pays to have a look at divisions where it is difficult to control usage, buying and selling or overseas. The travel business is one of the most difficult to manage and control because it is a cash business in which Sime should keep clear and has no reason to sully its reputation.<br /><br />The real purpose and the contribution Sime could make to the corporate life of Malaysia are that it could have acquired worthwhile international companies overseas during the 1970s and 1980s. It was alleged that 10 percent of Harrisons Crosfield was available for Sime to control this conglomerate world-wide which would have provided valuable expertise in engineering and other fields for training and transfer. But somehow, we ended up owning the Golden Chersonese estates in Kelantan for a similar price. The lucky person who was involved, retired to the Scottish Highlands to shoot pheasants.<br /><br />In my wildest dreams, I did not expect Sime to undertake directly such stupendous engineering works and before this, owned a commercial bank which went bankrupt.<br />As a born optimist, I say Sime Darby is still the valuable company which the late Tun Abdul Razak and Tengku Razaleigh envisioned it to be – a major flag bearer of Malaysia overseas. It must undertake to do the right business tasks with the right business personnal eg. round pegs for round holes, square pegs for square holes.<br />The business focus of the company has to be reviewed in line with the socio-economic environment at its base and its colourful historical past, nothwithstanding the vital and living world in which we do business to make money. To take a quantum step in catching up, Sime has to co-operate with others or own specialist companies without losing sight it has to contribute to the up-lift of all Malaysians in terms of transfer of knowledge, jobs and a reasonable return to its shareholders in a business like manner with transparency. It definitely should not compete with local business entities as far as possible eg. property development, motorcars, travel, vegetable gardens, etc. This was not my vision at all times from 1972. Sime has better businesses to do overseas.. And greenfield projects should be avoided because many shareholders are Trusts. Decisions should not even reach the risk management stage as information is readily available in today’s world.<br /><br />By this normal approach, Sime Darby will be recognized world-wide unlike now, a bull-frog in a small pond which only has a feel-good feeling by its wonderful advertisements expounding maybe non-existent overseas businesses which should all be closed down !<br /><br />In passing, the chief executive of another conglomerate rang me up and said, ‘ Doc, I think we should buy a yacht to entertain our principals,’ I replied, ‘ Sorry, Tommy, I am not into yachts for self-entertainment But if the other Directors agree, I have no objections.’ I did not hear from him again. <br /><br />Not too long afterwards, I was standing by the Star Ferry, Hong Kong, one winter in the early 1990s. A huge yacht berthed beside me. Two young expatriate families disembarked with an Indian butler and matron in attendance. At the aft, below a huge Hong Kong flag, I saw the words ‘Sime Darby’. I did not know Sime had a yacht. Later, I asked the management why we have a yacht in Hong Kong and I was told this was one way to make the expatriate staff happy. The question logically arose in my mind what did the management do to make the Directors and the shareholders happy ! In the 1980s, it was alleged that the governor of Hainan Island and two local Hong <br />Kong employees went to jail for illegal business activities.<br /><br />It is never too late for Sime Darby to do serious business to support, contribute and work within the policies of our Perdana Menteri Y.A.B. Dato Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak and his 1Malaysia Concept for the good of the country and the company’s shareholders. It can be done if Sime is focused on its responsibilities to the Nation and its shareholders.Tauke Sahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16506292300209420146noreply@blogger.com3