Malaysia Money Matters

Was at Nu Sentral and saw the Kota Semarak booth there, so went to have a look - I was aware of this development some time back but I think the promotion is only just starting to rev up now - they are also just taking registration only, not deposits. Pricing, layout and other details are available already but since I was rather in a rush that day, what I got was this: Large scale development - will end up with around 1,200+ units over 4 separate buildings The land area is pretty large - 27 acres, so it's pretty massive Leasehold Location is actually very close to town, just down Jln Semarak - heavy traffic though Location has no LRT nearby You'd have to travel in the opposite direction away from town to get to town - e.g. the condo is pretty much equidistant to both Sri Rampai and Ampang Park - if you're working in town, you might as well just drive (of course, parking considerations etc etc) Next to the DUKE Highway with access to both directions of the highway...

After the recent launch of the Sunway BRT line, there will be several more BRT lines coming up - they are cheaper and faster to build as they utilise existing roads. So far I have only used the BRT in Bangkok - they only have 1 line so far and it has been running for some time now. Wonder why they haven't continued with more though? I guess there are certain challenges with Bangkok with the road width in the more densely populated areas, there isn't much leeway for a BRT line to take up more road space because the original road is fairly narrow as BKK is a very old city. Anyway, looking at the BRT plan for KL, it looks interesting - the only areas it doesn't seem to cover are the affluent neighbourhoods of Damansara Heights, Bangsar and Mont'Kiara. Also, looks like the Government is making the hard decision to take up 2 lanes on the MRR2 from Melawati to Jln Ampang - this stretch is jammed in the morning and will be worse with only 2 lanes for traffic instead of...