To the members of the Malaysian Scottish Alliance,
Hello everyone, time to get back to work eh from a long weekend for many in the city center… Happy Hari Wilayah… Happy Thaipusam to our hindu friends… and upcoming news… well, there are none yet.
Queen Miera don’t know if there is a gathering prior to the Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year) and I’ve got no plans yet for the Valentines Day celebrations… due to family commitments and my doom waiting for me (Singapore Reservist Deployment).
But, either which, I am happy to report that the state of the group is good and looking forward to the New Moon… being that 2009 was a really crappy one which affected many people. Here are some highlights you need to keep in mind when making some financial planning this year:
Motor Insurance SKYROCKETED! Motorcycle 3rd party insurance premiums are as high as it can go, standard prices of about RM200++ and worse off if your vehicle is over 10 years old. However, if you can spare some time, the insurance companies require you to have your vehicle checked (puspakom) and it’s mandatory for MMIP. Glad news is that the inspection is doing free inspection during 8-13 Feb…
One thing is that Pos Malaysia has the Insurans Kelompok which is a quota allocated to each office,and you can get those low rates back. Motorbikes are going as low as RM68 as opposed to the standard Rm190++. Find the small under utilised offices to get it…
Another thing, change your title deed (grant) of your car or motorbike. It has been leaked that there will be a rationing of subsidised fuel in May, when the new mechanism kicks in. What happens is that only ONE PERSON CAN HAVE ONE VEHICLE. And to draw subsidised fuel, you need to swipe the owner’s MYKAD into the reader and verify, before the cheap fuel is dispensed. Like the fleet card subsidy thingy. Point is, the new fuel prices is said to be RM3.70! just like how in Singapore or Thailand. And they will give quota of about 20Liters a month or week…that details is not confirmed.
Just be well aware. And Gold prices will dip… so, liquidate the cash abit and for your info, Bank Negara is now going after FOREX market players, big or small. If you don’t want to get into trouble, PAY YOUR INCOME TAX. Otherwise, go and pay your ZAKAT PENDAPATAN…which is an offset to them.
It’s a heads up..of the state of the Malaysian Affairs, and in Scotland, VAT is back to 17.5%, Home Office just suspended issuing STUDENT VISA under the new 7 point scheme due to fraud, plus the visa class of investor, ancestry, UK graduants, artists, writers have been taken away due to much fraud….or just that they got too much unemployment, of over 18% in UK in itself.
For those who wants to try out WINDOWS 7, I have the installer disc, and it’s NOT PIRATED. just that it gives U 30 days to feel and try…. let me know if you want to try them…and original prices …are at a cheap rate as I got OEM licenses.
Anyway, please do visit my blog @ http://www.azrin.info and follow me on the Network Blogs app ( http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/blog/azrins_info_web/ ) as I wanna get more feedback from you.
Our resident Prosecutor Shamsul is now with private practice…. so ask him for legal affairs. And other than that, please post on the board if you have any items for sale or what not.
Have a nice week ahead.
Dr R Azrin
