Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Portfolio as of 31 May 2017

The counters on the SGX that I am holding as of 31 May 2017 are as follows:

800 Super
Acromec
AEM
Avi-Tech
BestWorld
CEI
China Sunsine
DairyFarm USD
DBS
Ezion
GLD US$
Hi-P
IFAST
Jadason^
Jumbo
M1
Micro-Mechanics
Nordic
OCBC
Sheng Siong
Singtel
StarhillGbl Reit
ThaiBev
United Engineers
UOB
Valuetronics
 
 
The counters on the Bursa that I am holding as of 31 May 2017 are as follows:
 
CSCSTEL
D&0
DNEX
DNEX-WD
NOTION
PMETAL
YTLPOWR

Long-term holdings
MYEG
PBBANK


I just added PMETAL to my portfolio today.
 

A counter that appears both here and in the previous month's portfolio may differ in terms of the size of the holding. 
 
 
 

Thursday, May 11, 2017

I went to the 51th Annual General Meeting of Public Bank Bhd

I went to Public Bank Bhd's 51th Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Shangri-La Hotel in Kuala Lumpur on 27 March.   
 
I reached the Shangri-La Hotel at about 11:30am and quickly headed to the meeting room for registration.  Upon registration, I was given a souvenir item and a passcode slip.
 
The souvenir item comprised 2 bags.
 
 
 
 
 
 
The passcode slip is shown in the image below.  
 
 
 
 
It was basically a ticket that allowed its holder to vote on the resolutions of the AGM.   It also served as a ticket for the exchange of a $50 Parkson Gift Voucher.  

However, before you could claim your gift voucher, you had to cast your votes on the resolutions first.   The voting was scheduled to take place only after the AGM was over in the same meeting room that was used for registration.  

When I came out of the registration room, there was already a long line of people at the foyer waiting to vote.  

I joined the queue slightly after 12 pm and I took my position at the end of the line.  

(These days, I don't bother to sit in on any of Public Bank Bhd's AGM any more.   I had done that a couple of times in previous years to know what it would be like.   There would be the usual praises, long story-telling before getting to the main question (eg. "I woke up at 4am this morning and went to the bus station to take the bus to ...") , AGM-irrelevant complaints and grouses (eg, "The ATM machine at this branch ..."), happy birthday greetings to the Chairman, etc.
 
One thing good about this AGM is that it always end on time at 12:30pm.   They are able to do this is because they first gather all the questions from the floor and then give the answers all at one go at the end.   It is unlike the ding-dong sessions practised at the AGM's of other companies at which the meetings can drag on for hours.)
 
After the meeting was over at about 12:30pm, they opened the doors to the meeting room and let the people in to vote.   It was slow moving as each time they allowed only about 30 persons in to vote. 

At first, the queue was moving in an orderly manner.   Not long later, the people started to lose their patience.   Some began to cut queue by lifting the tapes that formed the queue boundaries and got to the other side of the boundary.   When others saw this, they did not want to lose out and quickly followed suit.   Many more followed with pushing and shoving.   Finally, all hell broke lose!  

The security guards blew their whistles to try to control the crowd.   When the pushing subsided, I found myself ended close to the front of the queue.   Soon after, I was in the group that was allowed to go into the meeting room to vote.
 
I went to a table and a young girl was waiting with a tablet.   I voted 'Against' for all 4 resolutions.   I told the girl that the bank did not deserve a positive response to their resolutions with this poor organisation of the AGM.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
On completion of the voting, I was given the $50 Parkson Gift Voucher.
 
 
 
 
When I came out of the meeting room, there was still a huge crowd outside waiting to vote.   I went upstairs to have some coffee before leaving.


 
 

Sunday, May 7, 2017

I Went to the 47th Annual General Meeting of Dagang NeXchange Berhad

I went to Dagang NeXchange Berhad's 47th Annual General Meeting at the Nexus, Jalan Kerinchi, Bangsar South City, Kuala Lumpur on 2 May.  
 
 
 
 
The meeting was scheduled to start at 10:00am.  

I had wanted to take either Uber or Grab to go there.   I tried both Uber and Grab but there were no drivers.   Even when they upped the fare by more than 50% of the normal rate due to the high demand, there were still no takers.   So, I went out to take a public taxi.   At the taxi stand, there were a few empty cabs waiting for customers.

Due to the unavailability of Uber and Grab drivers, I was late for the meeting.   I reached the Nexus only at about 10:20am.   The taxi fare was about 50% higher than the normal Uber fare for the same journey.  
 
I took the lift to Level 3 and proceeded to the meeting room for registration.

Upon registration, I was given 3 vouchers: 1 for door gift, another for breakfast and the last for lunch.

I claimed the door gift at a counter just opposite the registration counter.   I was given a carrier and inside it were a box of Tuzra fruit cake and a packet of Sherif teabags.   I exchanged my lunch voucher next for an envelope that contained 3 $10 KFC vouchers.   These are shown in the image below (the apple was part of the breakfast meal) :
 
 
 
 
I then went outside to the foyer.   Breakfast food was available there.   I had originally intended to sit in on the meeting, but I reckoned that I would have to miss the breakfast for that.   I decided to go for the breakfast instead.
 
To my surprise, they provided a lot of food for breakfast.   I had 2 plates full, as shown in the image below (including the apple shown in the image above):

 
 
 
I like the cookies and the fruit tart most.
 
This company is quite generous to shareholders at their AGM; providing breakfast, lunch vouchers and a door gift.   Most companies do not feed their shareholders so much.
 
While I was having my breakfast, a lady offered to exchange cash for my KFC vouchers ($23 for 3 x $10 vouchers).   I politely declined.
 
After breakfast, I decided to leave and left in a Grabcar.
 
 
 
 

Thursday, May 4, 2017

Portfolio as of 30 April 2017

The counters on the SGX that I am holding as of 30 April 2017 are as follows:

800 Super
Acromec
AEM
Amara
Avi-Tech
Best World
CEI
Cogent
DairyFarm USD
DBS
Ezion
Food Empire
Geo Energy Res
Jumbo
KSH
Mapletree Com Tr
Micro-Mechanics
OCBC
Sheng Siong
Singtel
StarhillGbl Reit
ThaiBev
United Engineers
UOB
Valuetronics
Yoma Strategic
 
 
The counters on the Bursa that I am holding as of 30 Apr 2017 are as follows:
 
CSCSTEL
D&0
DNEX
DNEX-WD
JAKS
MYCRON
YTLPOWR

Long-term holdings
MYEG
PBBANK
 

A counter that appears both here and in the previous month's portfolio may differ in terms of the size of the holding.