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Maybank vs Public Bank Gold Investment [ July 31st, 2010 ] | 77 views | Leave a Comment

This is continued from my previous topic Buying Gold As Investment, which dated 21st June 2008. So, as everybody known, now we can buy gold as investment through local bank. You can either open gold investment account from Public Bank or Maybank. You will be given gold savings passbook account, which used to record every purchase or sale order.

But, a lot of my readers keep on sending email ask me what’s the different between Maybank Gold Savings Passbook Account (GSPA) vs Public Bank Gold Investment Account (GIA). Previously, I could not find much different between both local banks offer and these are my initial stage of research:

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But after going into further details, now I found some interesting part, which can be shared here.

Malaysia Cigarette Prices Hike On 1st Jan 2010

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Today is 1st Jan 2010, which is my Birthday as well. I feel very excited and happy to have this great start of a new year. I would like to thank our government for taking serious about citizen healthy by implementing the new regulation, which increase price for all low quality and cheap cigarette.

If you are a smoker, then you should get ready to pay more for low quality cigarette price starting by today 1st January 2010. Now, the cheapest pack of 20’s would cost RM6.40. So, the minimum retail price for a stick of cigarette is RM0.32. Previously, you can find it below that price. For those branded cigarette like Dunhill, Malboro, Winston, Mild Seven, Salem would cost RM9.xx per pack.