Not sure about Genting. But I can assure you that by buying GenM you will have the vouchers. Got it few times oredi

Yes. As a GENTING shareholder, you would be invited to Genting's shareholders dinner as well.
Visit Garage Sales section, search for "Genting vouchers".
"now i am hoping to hold the counter as long as possible...probably i will set a target of 5 years horizon"

5 years is not long. It is the shortest possible period for long-term investing. I would like to hold my counters for few generations if possible.

"So far what i can see that APOLLO volumen very slims.... and i couldn't believe that their products are those chocolates cakes"

Have you checked their financial statements? They make huge profits from selling kids stuffs. I love eating those as they remind me of my childhood moments.

"i have tried to search around like Public bank, bjtoto, tanjong, amway, bat, apollo, mamee, jti, carlbergs, ytl-power, guiness etc.... and yet to find one"

I don't know what you are looking for, but for me, I would buy PBBANK, AMWAY, BJTOT and JTI.

??? Lets wait long long.... 

Never put all your eggs into 1 basket.

So, this means that due to bad economy, the BDI is low and thus MAYBULK's earnings are affected.So, MAYBULK might give low dividend or even no dividend at all. Am I right?

snack companies .... mm.... heard of mamee, apollo with decent dividends.... but my worry they are small...cap... companies ???

If you prefer smaller cap, then take a look at REITs .

I like REIT tax structure whereby you are taxed at only 10% instead of normal 25%. Smaller capital outlay and with more consistent dividend payouts. Unlikely to have special lumpy Dividends .

Risk factor, many claim reits to be high risk.

My personal opinion is : Moderate Risk .

Judge your own.

Yes, you  are right.

Generally,  Risks are classified into conservative,  moderate and High Risk , for so called  Investments.

Generally, Equity is deemed to be High Risk across the board.

Again for  share investment, higher  risk could be due to High Beta ( Big Price Movement  ) and Standard  Deviation and so on. For those with low beta comes with smaller  risk. Growth Factor and Time Horizon. Liquidity and so on.
"Higher risk"  is also possible if  a particular company  operates in many third world countries  ( emerging markets ) , or like Dubai and so on.

If taking in these factors, investing in M REITS to me is quite a " Moderate" risk  , my own term. Also if you spend time to understand them.

No doubt, it is good to start with Fear ( by asking all sorts of Q ) than Greed ( asking for only rates of returns ).

Not saying you are wrong anyway.

I second that, BJTOTO is his ultimate cash cow. 

But the problem with many dividend investors ( from  the info I  gathered from this thread ) just invest according to the past dividends track records.

Seldom they read whether the company's  core business is improving or otherwise. ( with the  Exceptions  of YTL Power and  REITS investors ), so long the dividends are consistently given.

They are more happy  to get special dividends, but in fact the company concerned  could be selling off very profitable business to related parties. The  special dividend could be just  a cover up of their great  plannings.

Even there is an increase in BLR, not all banks get to enjoy better profits. Some may drop in term of profits.

Do not mean it is the wrong way to invest.

Just Many things have been taken for granted.

Best of luck to all.

hi may i know which counter now give the highest dividend??

what is the different? thank you