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Lanjutan Premium Hartanah Leasehold hanya RM1000?

( Sumber : http://mes.selangor.gov.my/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5 )

Rakyat yang menghadapi masalah menjelaskan bayaran premium tanah akan dibantu kerajaan negeri demi memastikan rakyat di Selangor memiliki rumah sendiri.

Kerajaan negeri menetapkan bayaran serendah RM1,000 bagi penyelesaian isu itu dan bagi mereka yang masih tidak mampu berbuat demikian, mereka boleh menjalankan aktiviti kemasyarakatan di bawah seliaan Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat (JKM) yang kemudiannya akan membantu individu tersebut menjelaskan bayaran premium berkenaan.

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Menteri Besar Selangor, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim berkata, kerajaan negeri prihatin dan menyedari terdapat sebahagian rakyat di negeri ini menghadapi masalah menjelaskan bayaran premium yang tinggi bagi pemilikan tanah.

Ekoran itu katanya kerajaan negeri membuat keputusan rakyat yang diberikan hak pemilikan tanah boleh membayar premium tersebut dengan bayaran minima sebanyak RM1,000.

Bagi mereka yang masih tidak dapat menjelaskan bayaran RM1,000 itu, katanya, bantuan menerusi JKM akan diberikan dengan syarat golongan tersebut perlu menjalankan tugas kemasyarakatan yang akan ditetapkan mengikut keperluan.

Jelasnya, pendekatan itu diambil kerana kerajaan negeri mahu membantu rakyat di Selangor terutama yang kurang berkemampuan memiliki kediaman sendiri.

“Rakyat mesti diberi kesempatan untuk memiliki tanah kediaman mereka jadi oleh sebab itu kerajaan negeri telah banyak buat program bagi borang 5A iaitu borang yang kita setujui penghuni rumah tersebut boleh mendapat geran tanah.

“Tapi yang susahnya bila baca surat itu ada bayaran premium di mana bayaran itu berasaskan nilai tanah, lagi mahal tanah lagi banyak premium kena dibayar iaitu sekurang-kurangnya 20 peratus daripada nilai tanah,” katanya pada Program Mesra Antara Menteri Besar Dan Rakyat di Dengkil. Turut hadir pada program sama ialah barisan Exco negeri Selangor, Teresa Kok, Dr Xavier Jayakumar dan Ronnie Liu.

Menurut Abdul Khalid, berikutan itu kerajaan negeri menerima banyak permintaan bagi mengurangkan bayaran premium tersebut.

“Cara yang terbaik kalau mereka tak dapat membayar premium, cara yang kita beri kita akan tawarkan mereka satu cara yang lain iaitu mereka yang tak boleh membayar, kita benarkan mendapatkan geran tanah dengan hanya membayar RM1,000 sahaja.

“Kalau lagi ada keluarga yang tidak boleh membayar RM1,000, kita juga akan bantu melalui Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat supaya mereka dibantu.. tetapi mereka kena buat kerja, tak bayar dengan duit mereka kena buat kerja kebajikan,” katanya.

Abdul Khalid berkata, tindakan itu dikenakan kerana mahu rakyat di Selangor bertanggungjawab terhadap apa yang mereka miliki dan tidak menganggap mudah segala bantuan diberikan kepada mereka.

Beliau menambah, kerajaan negeri sentiasa mementingkan kebajikan rakyat dan sering memberi keutamaan kepada mereka demi memastikan nasib golongan itu mendapat pembelaan sewajarnya.

( Aku macam wonder, sapa yang layak untuk enjoy benda ni? seluruh pemilik hartanah leasehold di Selangor kah? Kalau ya, ini sudah bagus...Lepas ni memang naik la lagi harga hartanah leasehold terutamanya di kawasan2 prime macam Shah Alam, Kota Damansara etc.

Lepas tu, macam mana nak identify siapa yang dikira berkemampuan? kalau mampu, then kena bayar harga premium macam kiraan biasa ke? Kalau macam tu, senak la...

Apa2 pun kita tunggu dan lihat bagaimana kerajaan Negeri Selangor nak implement benda ni....Dah2 nak dekat pilihanraya ni, macam2 benda best yang diberi oleh kedua2 parti sama ada kerajaan atau pembangkang...aku tumpang seronok je hehe...)

Kes Hangat Terkini

Mari kita bandingkan ketokohan dua golongan ini :

Di sini kita dapat lihat kenapa ilmu dan pendidikan itu amat penting...terutamanya ilmu yang dipraktikkan dan bukan ilmu menjawab exam semata2...

Renung2kan lah...

(PS : Sekadar selingan...hehe)

Cerita Lelongan HighCourt KL

Salam sejahtera semua...

Lama dah aku tak borak pasal lelong kan...senyap je...Kali ni nak citer pasal lelong plak ah...

Pagi semalam aku ke highcourt kl untuk participate dalam satu lelongan hartanah. Unit ni aku sendiri yang nak bid. Dah lama aku usha unit ni. Since last week lagi. Tapi hati tu masih ragu2. Lama gak la aku fikir nak ke tanak untuk masuk bidding unit ni.

Actually aku ragu2 sebab condition rumah ni agak teruk. Memang rumah tinggal. Api n air memang dah tade. Tingkap pun banyak yang pecah. Kalau nak repair, aku budget tak lari dari rm10k. Maybe lebih. Pastu plak, tunggakan dia je dah cecah RM13k. Itu pun nasib baik bank cover. Kalau bank tak cover, konpem aku drop terus unit ni. Pi carik unit lain plak.

Yang menariknya unit ni, harga reserve dia terlalu murah. Lebih 60% below market value. Tu yang goyang tu. Sampai aku pun cuak apsal terlalu murah. Siap terfikir rumah ni ada hantu etc hehe...Last2 awal2 pagi semalam baru aku decide n nekad nak cuba jugak. Mana la tau kot2 ada rezeki dapat reserve. Memang konpem kenduri besar la. Kalau betul ada masalah hantu, nanti boleh carik ghostbuster kasi tolong setel.

Malangnya, apa yang aku angan2kan tidak kesampaian. Belum pun pukul 9am, dah ada lebih 10 pembida register untuk unit ni. Duh! aku ingatkan tempat ni tak de la hot mana pun. Hampehs tul. Konpem kalah la ni. Budget aku ciput je. Itu pun aku mmg 50-50 nak masuk atau tidak. Memang la budget aku rendah.

Yang menambah bengang, ni lelongan mahkamah. Lelongan mahkamah mmg sucks big time. Lembab tak hingat. Bayangkan, aku register before 9am, kol 1130am baru unit ni sedia untuk dilelong. 2 jam setengah aku melangut macam orang bodoh. Memang sistem diorang sucks aa.

So berbalik pasal lelongan unit ni tadi, total ada 26 pembida. Aku sorang je melayu. Ada lagi satu india. Yang lain sumer cina. Bangga la kejap sbb ada gak la sorang melayu yang tau pasal potensi unit ni hehe...Lawan punya lawan, as expected, harga naik sampai MV. Keh keh keh...gile tul la..baik la beli subsale. Ada satu unit bersebelahan dengan unit lelong ni pun nak jual ikut market. Siap ada kitchen cab, water heater ngan aircond lagi. Takyah pikir pasal tunggakan n 120days tu. Apa la diorang ni. Tak paham sungguh...BTW yang menang bidding ni adalah india yang sorang tu. Hebat gak boleh kalah kan 25 orang yang lain..."tahniah" diucapkan...

Rasanya lepas ni hibernate balik la. Tunggu next year kalau nak masuk bidding balik. Kasi simpan peluru kaw2 dulu..at the same time, terus menerus menambah stok silver...weeheee....

Euphoria

( Source : R.T newsletters "Conspiracy of The Rich" #110)

Euphoria

I sat in my dentist’s office, having my teeth cleaned, and watched TV. My dentist is a great dentist because he is a great businessman. He knows how to treat his customers. On top of that, I rarely see him. He has a great staff of friendly and attentive workers. Before I walked out, his receptionist had already scheduled me for my next visit.

But this Conspiracy of the Rich (COR) update isn’t about the euphoria of having my teeth worked on. It’s about the euphoria I watched on TV at my dentist’s office. With my mouth open, I watched the stock market climb by 400 points and the prices of gold and silver climb, wondering what was going on. Why were prices screaming up?

Here’s what I found out from my friends in different parts of the world.

Cash injection

Apparently, one or two European Banks were in big trouble with money flowing out, a.k.a. a bank run. To stop the run from spreading, six central banks stepped in to prevent a European panic. The six banks were The Federal Reserve, Bank of Canada, Bank of England, Bank of Japan, Swiss National Bank, and the European Central Bank.

These central banks lend money at extremely low interest rates to nations, such as Italy, that are in trouble and to large commercial banks in Europe. Last week, these central banks loaned out tons of US dollars printed out of thin air, which caused markets to rally.

Unreserved

At the same time, China’s central bank, The People’s Bank of China, cut reserve requirements for their commercial banks.

For those of you who have read Conspiracy of the Rich, you know that a reserve requirement is the percentage of money held in reserve, with the bank lending out the rest. For example, if a bank has a $100 deposit from a saver, and the government requires banks to hold a 10 percent reserve, the bank can lend out $90 while holding $10 in reserve.

The US requires banks to have a 10 percent reserve. The Chinese banks now require their banks to hold 21 percent reserve, down from 21.5 percent. This 0.5 percent reduction freed about 390 billion yuan (about $61 billion) into the Chinese economy.

The problem for China is that Europe is their biggest customer, and as Europe slows, the Chinese economy also slows. That’s why the Chinese central bank responded by reducing its reserve requirements, hoping to “ease” more money into their economy.

Will this solve the problem? No. But it’s a nice euphoria, although temporary.

One big, hot air balloon

The reason for the happiness is that the markets feel the central bankers of the world will keep printing money to save the economy.

The problem is that the global economy is like a giant hot air balloon with a tear in the side, and the rip is growing. In an attempt to prevent a global depression, central bankers of the world are throwing money into the gash, hoping the cash will plug the leak.

The more counterfeit money central banks throw into the gash, however, the higher prices go due to inflation and taxes. Taxes have to go higher in order to pay the interest on the counterfeit dollars. Those taxes come from you and me. The central banks put their hands in our pockets via taxes and inflation.

Life will get harder

As stated in COR, this is how the ultra rich get richer. Unfortunately, this is also how the poor and middle class get poorer.

The best way to avoid being a victim of this massive conspiracy is to change your mindset and the rules of money by which you play. As stated in COR, the rules of money were changed in 1971, the year the US came off the gold standard. Life is very difficult for those who operate via the old rules of money, such as work hard, save money, get out of debt, and invest for retirement in the stock market.

Rather than euphoria, I’m afraid we will only have more rioting around the world. The rioting in Egypt was caused by the price of food going up. That problem is now spreading around the world. This is why you s

see the prices of gold and oil going up, causing more inflation and more rioting.

At the risk of sounding commercial, I recommend people read Unfair Advantage, my book with more information on how I use the new rules of money. Also, you may want to consider our advanced education and coaching programs.

As you know, this crisis has already damaged millions of people. As the crisis grows, millions more will be wiped out financially. Please don’t be one of them.

Can the crisis be solved?

It’s possible this crisis can be solved, but not likely. Our leaders are too weak and too chicken to do what must be done. Their lack of guts will only cause the problem to grow bigger. Besides, many of our leaders get richer off the misery of others.

I’m not counting on my leaders. I don’t think it matters who becomes the next President. I think it’s time to start saving yourself and your family.

So the good news is that in a few years there will be lots of money thanks to the cash pumped into our system by the central banks.

The bad news is that prices and taxes will be much higher—if we’re lucky.

9 kesilapan utama pelabur hartanah

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Goal setting

Uish..dah lama betul aku berhibernasi..lately ni macam slow skit plak rasanya..nak buat apa2 pun macam agak perlahan..nak update blog pun terkial2...

Memandangkan kita dah nak hampir ke penghujung tahun, aku tergerak la nak review goal 2011 aku..actually nota goal yang aku tulis tu pun dah taktau mana aku letak hehe..kena ingat2 balik je la..pastu tulis balik..

Rasanya performance aku untuk tahun ni boleh tahan..ada banyak peningkatan..life pun getting better..lebih baik dari tahun lepas..cuma setakat mana ianya lebih baik, aku dah takleh nak track..kena main agak2 je..tu pasal penting kita compile goal setting kita bila kita tulis awal2 tahun dulu..kalau nak best, print pastu simpan dalam file..tiap2 tahun boleh review..aku ni cakap je pandai..padahal tak buat jugak haha..

Goal 2012 masih belum dirangka lagi..nak kena review balik current standing sebelum boleh buat planning untuk tahun depan..ni la benda yang aku tengah layan time kol 1230am ni..nak buat keje, otak macam dah slow..buat benda2 yang rileks dulu la..

Kalau korang pun nak buat goal revision macam aku sekarang ni, aku rekomen link ni :

http://genxfinance.com/setting-your-financial-goals-with-a-goal-worksheet/

especially untuk rangka financial goals...aku pun baru jumpa..nak belek2 dulu..pastu amik apa yang boleh digunakan...

Apa2 pun yang penting, once dah set goals tu..kena la take action..kalau tak wat apa2, jadi angan2 mat jenin la jawabnya...

Hutang oh Hutang...

Aku tak suka nak amik tau sangat pasal politik...tapi bila isu negara yang melibatkan kewangan, nak tanak aku teramik tau la jugak...sbb kewangan ni satu benda yang serius dan bukan boleh buat main2...ni melibatkan masa depan negara...kalau setakat isu liwat meliwat pun nak masuk berita perdana, memang aku tak hingin nak tau pun...

Apa pendapat korang dengan benda ni :

http://beritasemasa.com/hutang-negara-malaysia-2011-luar

Aku pun berhutang...aku pasti ramai antara korang pun berhutang jugak...tapi hutang2 kita, kita sendiri yang bayar...kita sendiri yang pening kepala fikir cemana nak bayar...

Tapi kalau kerajaan berhutang, korang ingat agak2 sapa yang bayar? ahli2 politik tu kah? atau rakyat?

Aku tak halang negara berhutang...tapi mesti la kena pada perlaksanaannya...kalau banyak sangat hanky panky dan ketirisan, aku pun naik hangin...tade nafsu aku nak bayar cukai banyak2...baik aku bayar zakat lagi puas hati...

ni aku petik dari salah satu comment yang ada kat link di atas...citer pasal kes2 "fishy" yang pernah hangat dulu...korang verify sendiri betul atau tidak citer2 ni..aku post sbb ada jugak yang aku teringin nak tau kisah2 sebenar yang berlaku tapi last2 senyap macam tu je...

1. PKFZ RM12bill
2. Submarine RM500mil
3. Simedarby RM964mil
4. Paya Indah Westland RM88mil
5. Posmalaysia (transmile) RM230mil lost
6. Eurocopter deal RM1bil waste?
7. Terengganu Stadium Collapsed RM292mil
8. MRR2 repair cost RM70mil
9. Maybank Overpay for BII RM4bil
10. Tourism -NYY kickback RM10mil
11. 3 paintings bought by MAS—————– RM 1.5M
12. Overpayment by Sport Ministry ————- RM 8.4M
13. London ‘s white elephant sports complex —- RM 70M
14. MRR2 Repairs—————————— RM 70M
15. MATRADE repairs ————————– RM 120M
16. Cost of new plane used by PM————– RM 200M
17. InventQ irrecoverable debt —————- RM 228M
18. Compensation for killing crooked bridge —– RM 257M
20. Lost in selling Augusta ——————— RM 510M
21. Worth of AP given out in a year ———— RM 1.8B
22. Submarines (future Muzium Negara artifacts)- RM 4.1B
23. PSC Naval dockyard ———————— RM 6.75B
24. The Bank Bumiputra twin scandals in the early 1980s saw US$1 billion (RM3.2 billion in 2008 ringgit)
25. The Maminco attempt to corner the world tin market in the 1980s isbelieved to have cost some US$500 million. (RM1.6 billion)
26. Betting in foreign exchange futures cost Bank Negara Malaysia RM30 billion in the 1990s.
27. Perwaja Steel resulted in losses of US$800 million (RM2.56 billion).
28. Use of RM10 billion public funds in the Valuecap Sdn. Bhd. operation to shore up the stock market
29. Banking scandal of RM700 million losses in Bank Islam
30. The sale of M.V. Agusta by Proton for one Euro making a loss of €75.99 million (RM 348 million)
31. Wang Ehsan from oil royalty on Terengganu RM7.4 billion from 2004 – 2007
32. For the past 10 years since Philharmonic Orchestra wasestablished, this orchestra has swallowed a total of RM500 million.Hiring a kwai-lo CEO with salary of more than RM1 M per annum !!
33. In Advisors Fees, Mahathir was paid RM180,000, Shahrizat AbdulJalil (women and social development affairs) RM404,726 and Abdul HamidOthman (religious) RM549,675 per annum
34. The government has spent a total of RM3.2 billion in teachingMaths and Science in English over the past five years. Out of theamount, the government paid a whopping RM2.21 billion for the purchaseof information and computer technology (ICT) equipments which it isunable to give a breakdown. Govt paid more than RM6k per notebook vsper market price of less than RM3k through some new consortiums thatsetup just to transact the notebook deal. There was no math &science content for the teachers and the notebooks are all with theteachers’ children now.
35. The commission paid for purchase of jets and submarines to twoprivate companies Perimeker Sdn Bhd and IMT Defence Sdn Bhd amounted toRM910 million.
36. RM300 million to compensate Gerbang Perdana for the RM1.1 billion “Crooked Scenic Half-Bridge”
37. RM1.3 billion have been wasted building the white elephantCustoms, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) facilities on cancellation ofthe Malaysia-Singapore scenic bridge
38. RM 100 million on renovation of Parliament building and leaks
39. National Astronaut Programme – RM 40 million
40. National Service Training Programme – yearly an estimate of RM 500 million
41. Eye on Malaysia – RM 30 million and another RM5.7 million of free ticket
42. RM 2.4 million on indelible ink
43. Samy announced in September 2006 that the government paidcompensation amounting to RM 38.5 billion to 20 highway companies. RM380 million windfalls for 9 toll concessionaires earned solely from thetoll hike in 2008 alone.
44. RM32 million timber export kickbacks involving companies connected to Sarawak Chief Minister and his family.
45. Two bailouts of Malaysia Airline System RM7.9 billion. At atime when MAS incurring losses every year, RM1.55 million used to buythree paintings to decorate its chairman’s (Munir) office.
46. Putra transport system bailout which cost RM4.486 billion.
47. STAR-LRT bailout costing RM3.256 billion.
48. National Sewerage System bailout costing RM192.54 million.
49. Seremban-Port Dickson Highway bailout costing RM142 million.
50. Kuching Prison bailout costing RM135 million.
51. Kajian Makanan dan Gunaan Orang Islam bailout costing RM8.3 million.
52. Le Tour de Langkawi bailout costing RM 3.5 Million.
53. Wholesale distribution of tens of millions of shares in BursaMalaysia under guise of NEP to cronies, children and relatives of BNleaders and Ministers worth billions of ringgits.
54. Alienation of tens of thousands of hectares of commercial landsand forestry concessions to children and relatives of BN leaders andMinisters worth tens of billions of ringgits.
55. Since 1997, Petronas has handed out a staggering 30 billionringgit in natural gas subsidies to IPPs who were making huge profits.In addition, there were much wastages and forward trading of Petronasoil in the 1990s based on the low price of oil then. Since the accountsof Petronas are for the eyes of Prime Minister only, we have absolutelyno idea of the amount.
56. RM5700 for a car jack worth RM50
57. Government-owned vehicle consumed a tank of petrol worth RM113 within a few minutes
58. A pole platform that cost RM990 was bought for RM30,000
59. A thumbdrive that cost RM90 was bought for RM480
60. A cabinet that cost RM1,500 was bought for RM13,500
61. A flashlight that cost RM35 was bought for RM143
62. Expenses for 1 Malaysia campaign paid to APCO?
63. RM17 billion subsidy to IPP

Yang paling latest sekarang, isu pasal projek feedlot negara...mengikut anggaran Jab veterinar (report kementerian ya! bukan pembangkang punya figure), nak hasilkan lembu sebanyak 9000 ekor hanya memerlukan lebih kurang 6.4 juta sahaja...tapi projek feedlot ni dah hentam sampai rm141 juta untuk hasilkan 8000 lebih ekor lembu...Kalau macam ni punya gaya, baik kasi je duit tu kat petani2 yang mmg keje diorang bela lembu, silap2 lagi efisien...

Detail dia aku tak sure sangat...banyak lagi benda lain nak pk...kalau korang berminat nak tau lebih, tengok vid ni:

So kalau korang rasa kerajaan yang akan tolong korang uruskan kewangan korang, toksah berharap la...kerajaan lagi pening nak uruskan kewangan diorang sendiri...so baik korang yang amik tanggungjawab jaga kewangan masing2...nak buat hutang tak salah, tapi pastikan untuk apa hutang tu dibuat...kalau hutang court mammoth 3 bulan tanpa cengkeram yang korang sambar, sendiri mau ingat la ye!

PS : Hati gua tak pasal2 panas malam ni...so dari terus merapu, layan movie lagi bagus...

Toy upgrade

Hari ni tade banyak aktiviti sangat. Cuma ada satu viewing rumah je kat Lagoon Perdana. RM 145k nego , 852sf , sekarang ni tenanted. Rupanya potential buyer tu dah memang ada a few appointment kat situ so kiranya macam window shopping la ni. So tade la meletak harapan tinggi nak close deal. Kalau ada rezeki, nanti dia call la tu.

Lepas setel viewing rumah, tergerak plak hati nak singgah cash converter. Sapa yang taktau Cash Converter ni apa? Kiranya macam store tempat jual barang2 2nd hand la. Ada banyak jenis barang. Macam2 ada. Dari alat eletronik sampai la ke barang2 dapur. Aku target satu je. Nak usha golf club kot ada yang good deal. Cash Converter ni ada banyak cawangan. Rasanya ada dekat 7 kot. HQ dia kat Shah Alam. Yang aku pergi ni cawangan Damansara.

Mula2 ingat nak usha2 window shopping je. Sekali jumpa plak satu driver ni yang macam menarik. Harga pon agak ok. Boleh kata 80% macam baru la. Tak banyak calar. Cuma ada skit2 kotor je kat surface pemukul. Berlegar2 la gak kat situ dalam 30minit nak menimbang baik buruk kalau buat pembelian. Hehe. Last2 terus decide beli sebab ni kira macam reward diri sbb baru je mendapat hasil 'tuaian' pelaburan yang agak memuaskan.

Kalau baru, harga asal boleh cecah ribuan ringgit tapi kat sini aku dapat beli pada harga rm169 je. Memang puas hati la. Cuma yang kureng takleh nak test hayun. Kira gamble gak ni. Mana la tau kot2 bila dah nak guna nanti, rupanya tak selesa plak. Padahal dah beli. Ni la risiko yang perlu diambil kalau beli barang 2nd. Kalau benda2 lain macam elektronik maybe kita keberatan nak beli 2nd hand sbb taktau condition barang. Kita prefer beli yang baru dan ada warranty. Ala setakat kayu golf, apa la sangat nak rosaknya. Bukannya bengkok pun. So aku pun belasah je beli..

Lepas ni looking forward nak turun driving range nak buat test swing. Kalau tade improvement, nampak sangat aku yang hancus..haha...

Adakah ini tanda2 golongan pertengahan semakin menyusut?

(Sumber : http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2011%2F10%2F25%2Fnation%2F9768085&sec=nation)

Twice as many millionaires in Malaysia over last 18 months

PETALING JAYA: The number of millionaires has almost doubled in Malaysia over the last 18 months, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported.

Citing a report released this week by international financial firm Credit Suisse Group, WSJ wrote that since early 2010, Malaysia added 19,000 new millionaires, bringing its total to 39,000.

Comparatively, the number in Indonesia increased by 52,000 to 112,000, while the number of Singaporeans worth over US$1mil (RM3.15mil) is 183,000, triple what it was a year ago.

The growth spurt of the nouveau riche has been attributed to the weakening US dollar and stingy pockets.

Compared with the Credit Suisse numbers from early last year, these three countries alone have produced close to 190,000 new millionaires since the beginning of 2010.

However, this figure still fell short of the 212,000 new millionaires in China.

“Much of the rise is just a reflection of the weakening dollar, which makes the Singapore dollar- and rupiah-denominated riches look more impressive when translated into US dollars,” WSJ reported.

“Otherwise, it can be attributed to growing savings, stock and property prices.”

Credit Suisse defines wealth as a person's financial and real estate assets minus their debt.

The report also said that the average Singaporean was wealthier in comparison to the rest of the world, with the average household wealth at US$285,000 (RM897,000).

This makes them the fifth wealthiest people in the world after Switzerland, Australia, Norway and France.

Average household wealth in Indonesia, on the other hand, hovered at only around US$12,000 (RM37,771).

“Strong currencies, rising property prices, climbing commodity prices and healthy stock markets have helped the region but the real secret to Southeast Asia's success may be how stingy money makers are here,”WSJ noted.

“Average household debt, which offsets much of savings and investments in Western countries, is very low in the region.

“It is only 13% of total assets in Singapore and 2.5% of total assets in Indonesia.”

My Opinion : Yang makin kaya memang la double...tapi yang makin miskin rasanya lagi ramai kot...saya masih kekal dengan formula yang sama... banyakkan beli "harta" dan elakkan beli "beban"...Iallah akan tiba masanya anda juga boleh tergolong dalam golongan yang dinyatakan di atas...