Singapore's Capitaland Investment to invest over US$700mil to build data centre in Japan..

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Glad to know more n more Experts come out to share some valuable thinkings ( more than what I used to believe ) ...

Why DeepSeek Could Supercharge Malaysia’s Data Centre Boom: Juwai CEO


https://www.businesstoday.com.my/2025/02/03...boom-juwai-ceo/

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PETALING JAYA, Feb 7 — The companies operating in Selangor’s first IC Design Park have raised a collective RM2.6 billion in investment and funding, with the state looking to expand the hub to its second phase, said Selangor Information Technology and Digital Economy Corporation (Sidec) chief executive Yong Kai Ping.

Yong said the first IC Design Park, located in Puchong, reached full capacity within seven months since its August 7 launch last year.

“We are now looking to expand into a second IC Design Park, working together with Cyberview at Cyberjaya.

“With six anchor tenants and seven ecosystem partners on board, we are building a world-class hub to position Malaysia at the forefront of semiconductor innovation,” he said in his welcome speech at Sidec’s Chinese New Year celebration at Sheraton Hotel Petaling Jaya here last night.

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KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 8): The state government will establish several artificial intelligence (AI) centres next year to support the rapid advancement of technology and strengthen the state’s position as a digital leader, Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said.

He said these AI centres will play a key role in the state’s efforts to transform Selangor into a smart state while complementing the National Information Dissemination Centre (NADI) initiative.

Now Scenario Thinking logic often is valid at present time, but could lead to some opportunities lost in the future :-





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wxMrARoPdA

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AI Overview

According to recent news, Arm, the UK-based chip design company, is planning to establish a presence in Malaysia by partnering with the country's new "Integrated Circuit Design Park" which aims to be Southeast Asia's largest chip design hub, signifying a significant move for the Malaysian semiconductor industry; this development includes collaboration with Arm as a key partner company

Btw, Puchong is full..

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KUALA LUMPUR (March 17): The Housing and Local Government Ministry is targeting to generate RM180 billion property sales across all sectors this year, said its minister Nga Kor Ming.

He said the ministry is also working closely with the Real Estate and Housing Developers' Association (Rehda) Malaysia to organise the inaugural Asean Real Estate Conference (AREC) 2025, scheduled for July 23-26 this year.

“The event will be held alongside the Architecture, Interior Design & Building Exhibition (ARCHIDEX) and will involve Asean countries. At the same time, we will also invite China to participate,” he said in a press conference in conjunction with a three-day Asia Real Estate Leaders (AREL) study tour to Melbourne, Australia recently.


He said more than 50,000 visitors are expected with sales of about RM1.2 billion.

AREL brings together more than 180 key stakeholders from Australia and Malaysia’s housing and real estate sectors. Rehda Institute and Monash University organised the event.

The study trip provides an opportunity for Malaysian developers to engage with leading Australian experts in mixed-use developments, retirement villages, sustainable development, social housing, and urban townships.

Nga highlighted that Malaysia has achieved the highest volume and value of property transactions over the past decade in 2024. Total property transactions rose 18% to RM223.2 billion versus RM196.8 billion a year ago.

Meanwhile, earlier in his keynote address, Nga said Malaysia’s population is ageing rapidly with those 60 years and above projected to rise to 14.5% in 2040 from 8.3% in 2020.

“One in every 10 will require housing solutions specifically designed to meet senior citizen needs. However, the reality is that only 2.1% of Malaysia’s total housing stock is designated for senior living.

Nga said this calls for the urgent need for Malaysia to develop specific solutions to address elderly needs. He said Malaysia is keen to explore senior living developments as an emerging segment within the domestic housing market.

Meanwhile, Nga said his ministry has allocated RM30,000 to Rehda Institute to help with research assignments.

https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/748203


The Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda) has reported a 45% drop in property sales in the second half of last year (H2 2024).

Rehda president Ho Hon Sang said the sales performance of 177 respondents in the association’s Property Industry Survey H2 2024 declined from 6,907 units in H1 2024 to 3,802 units in H2 2024.

He told a media briefing at Rehda’s headquarters here today that apartments and condominiums proved to be the most sold properties within the period under review, followed by serviced residences and two/three storey terraces.

“We believe the lower numbers reported is due to member developers completing their launches in early 2024, and we expect to see an increase in the next survey,” he said.

Ho said the top three types of unsold completed units were serviced residences (55%), single-storey terraces (16%), and condominiums (8%), with the main reasons being end-financing loan rejections and low demand or interest.

The said the survey found that the ineligibility of buyers’ income, inadequate financial documentation and poor credit history were the main reasons that housing loan applications were rejected.

The survey also found that the majority of property developers reported an increase of between 3% and 6% in the overall cost of doing business in H2 2024.

Meanwhile, 56% of respondents faced construction challenges, including high material prices, supply shortages, and inconsistent supply, as well as labour issues like high wages, manpower shortages, and lengthy approval processes.

For 2025, Ho said survey respondents were more neutral about the property market in the first half of the year but showed increased optimism for the second half.

“This is because the government has introduced more initiatives to spur the economy, like the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone,” he said.

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...024-says-rehda/

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New Architectural design & layout plan of Avisena Cyberjaya Specialist Hospital

SO HOW NOW?

Seems like SEG will be launching 20x70 3 storey link home soon. Direct compete with PCB's supposedly first phase product.

AWS announced they completing their Malaysia DC and even adding more.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1FprMf7F3H/?mibextid=wwXIfr


Microsoft will open the new DC on October. Dont have link but we got their emails offering to shift to their new regional.

Macam only Tengku Zafrul is working extremely hard for the Rakyat -

The rest would continue to play more politics ?

Well done Tengku, salute u

Totolly confused with PRK internal elections.

Now heard one VIP takes long leaves kah ?

IMF says our economy would be down....VIP should wake up fast

“The impact of slower growth on household income means there will be limited wage increases and job creation, particularly in export-oriented and investment-driven sectors, potentially affecting household purchasing power

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Egg price would be Up by 10sen soon ? Mydin says

Diminishing household purchasing power has been ongoing in the last few decades, nothing has changed and is unlikely to change.

How many eggs you consume everyday? T80 shouldn't concern with egg price.

is this cyberjaya issue?

[quote=icemanfx,May 3 2025, 11:07 AM]Diminishing household purchasing power has been ongoing in the last few decades, nothing has changed and is unlikely to change.



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Changes

RM3,000+ Minimum Wage: GLICs

A minimum living wage policy of RM3,100 has been implemented by several government-linked investment companies (GLICs). This policy is designed to provide a higher standard of living for employees within these investment-focused entities

@icemanfx, pls share since when 20 years ago ? had been enforced to prove no changes made at all

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Diminishing household purchasing power has been ongoing in the last few decades ?

Not True . China is dumping their goods to Malaysia at Dirt Cheap .

Aunty , go and shop at Shopee , Lazada , Tik tok lah

Govt hospitals are still charging rm1 for many treatments

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Hyper Inflation if u choose to live a Lifestyle at Parkcity with all the nice foods n services provided . Rental rates jumped 50% maybe .

If u are T80 plus, do not need to talk about dropping of purchasing powers, just spend

This post has been edited by SKY 1809: May 3 2025, 12:30 PM

Contemporary history show, raising minimum wages will increase inflation rate. Real purchasing power will returned to as before.

Purchasing power and prc flooding local market with cheap product are different matters.

As a economic student, purchasing power is always part of my study.

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