STRONG FUNDAMENTALS (AND GROWING STRONGER)
1) CASH BACKING PER SHARE 16 SEN
2) HIGH DIVIDEND YIELD (DY) 9.1% (2 SEN YEARLY)
3) ALMOST ZERO GEARING (ALMOST NO BORROWINGS)
4) HIGH NTA OF 58 SEN (VERY CONSERVATIVE BASED ON ITS VERY LOW COST OWNERSHIP OF 2474 ACRES OF LANDBANK ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TJ. MALIM (1 HOUR FROM KL) WHICH IS FAST BECOMING A BOOMING TOWNSHIP WITH THE BIG EXPANSION OF PROTON CITY BY CHINA AUTO GIANT GEELY J/V PARTNERSHIP WITH DRB-PROTON). Book value only RM0.44 sen psf compared to Banks’ valuation of at least RM3.00 psf.
IT ALSO OWNS 137 ACRES OF LAND IN SERENDAH/RAWANG OWNED AT LOW COST OF 81 SEN PSF.
OTHER STRATEGIC LANDS OWNED INCLUDE ITS PLENTONG JB LAND RIPE FOR FAST DEVT BEING CLOSE TO THE BIG OUTLETS OF AEON AND IKEA BUILT THERE.

CRITICAL FACTORS/CATALYSTS TO LOOJK FOR IN STOCK SELECTIONS
(L&G HAS ALL THESE )
1) GOOD FUNDAMENTALS WITH STRONG UNDERLYING ASSET BACKINGS (CASH PLUS TANGIBLE LANDED ASSETS WHICH ARE STILL VERY UNDERVALUED SO THAT THERE WILL SUSTAINABLE DIVIDEND PAYOUTS PLUS BUSINESS GROWTH IN FUTURE AS VALUABLE LAND ASSETS ARE SOLD AT CURRENT MARKET PRICES OR DEVELOPED
2) LOW SHARE ENTRY PRICE OF 0.23
(SAFE AND AFFORDABLE AND WITH HIGH POTENTIAL RETURNS)

FUTURE QUARTERLY RESULTS WILL BE SUPPORTED BY THE 2 ONGOING DIAMOND CITY PLOT A AND PLOT B PROJECTS WITH A COMBINED GDV OF RM1.33B GDV. >80 SOLD. THEIR STRONG UNBILLED SALES WILL TRANSLATE INTO REVENUES AND PROFITS AS SALES PROCEEDS ARE PROGRESSIVELY RECEIVED AND RECOGNISED.

MOST IMPORTANT TO KNOW :- L&G IS CASH RICH AND HAS ALMOST ZERO GEARING (ALMOST NO BORROWINGS)

CALVIN HAD PROVIDED A VIDEO ON THESE 2 DIAMOND CITY PROJECTS. IMPRESSIVE.

THE 2 ONGOING PROJECTS DIAMOND CITY LOT A AND LOT B ARE ALREADY >80% SOLD.

UNDER THE ABOVE HEADLINES IN THIS I3FORUM FOR L&G THERE WAS A POSTING BY :

L&G RM335 related party purchases
Author: lkoky | Publish date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016, 09:20 AM

THE INFO PROVIDED SERVED TO CONFIRM THE ACQUISITIONS HAD GREATLY INCREASED THE VALUES OF L&G'S TANGIBLE ASSETS AND ITS FUTURE EARNINGS
(plse study his Chart and his positive comments)


I WISH TO ADD THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:

POSITIVE INDICATIONS OF GOOD REVENUES AND PROFITS IN THE COMING QUARTERLY RESULTS:
EARNINGS VISIBILITIES CAN BEE SEEN IN THE ABOVE GDV OF 4.2B (excluding future devt of its other huge landbanks owned at very Low Costs) near Tg. Malim & Serendah) AS UNBILLED SALES PROGRESSIVELY RECEIVED FROM END FINANCIERS ARE RECOGNISED AS REVENUES AND PROFITS


WITH FUTURE QUARTERLY EARNINGS GOINGING BE GOOD ITS HIGH 9.1% DIVIDEND YIELD (2 SEN YEARLY) WILL CONTINUE.
SUSTAINABLE EARNINGS + CASH HOARD OF 464M(CASH BACKING OF 16 SEN PER SHARE) + ALMOST ZERO GEARING = REMAINING IN A CASH FLUSH POSITION)

L&G: DEEPLY UNDERVALUED AT CURRENT SHARE PRICE OF 22 SEN
WHEN IT HAS AT LEAST 2 HUGE LANDBANKS WHICH ARE WORTH MUCH MORE THAN THEIR BOOK VALUES

AND WHEN ITS HAS 3 SOLID MARGINS OF SAFETY :-


(1) CASH BACKING OF 16 SEN PER SHARE (AGAINST SHARE PRICE 0.22)
(2) HIGH/SOLID NTA OF 0.58 (AGAINST SHARE PRICE OF 0.22)
(3) SUSTAINABLE HIGH DIVIDEND YIELD OF 9.1% (2 SEN )

(1). RI RAISED 378M PLUS EXISTING CASH HOARD 383M(as at 31/12/17) = 761M. BUT ONLY USED 297M TO PAY FOR THE 4 PROPERTIES ACQUIRED. LEAVING NET CASH BAL 464M.
464M/2.92B SHARES = 16 SEN CASH BACKING PER SHARE

(2) 2) NTA OR NET TANGIBLE ASSET 58 SEN.
(YAHOO FINANCE WEB SHOWED L&G’S NTA REMAINING AT 58 SEN BASED ON ITS LATEST INCREASED CAPITAL BASE OF 2.92B SHARES. SHOULD BE CORRECT BCOS THE 8:5 RI RAISED HARD CASH WHICH REPRESENT ADDITIONAL CASH BACKING FOR THE INCREASED NUMBER OF SHARES FROM RI.
AND EVEN IF A LARGE PORTION OF THE RI CASH WERE USED TO BUY THE 4 NEW LANDED PROPERTIES SUCH PROPERTIES ARE REAL TANGIBLE ASSETS WITH SOLID VALUATIONS BCOS THESE WERE BOUGHT AT SPECIAL OFFER PRICES AS THE SELLERS WAS CHINA BASED COUNTRY GARDENS WHICH NEEDED TO SELL THEM IN ORDER TO RAISE MORE CASH TO MANAGE ITS ISKANDAR FOREST PROJECT WHICH WAS AFFECTED BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT’S CAPITAL CONTROLS WHICH PREVENTED ITS PURCHASERS FROM REMITTING FUNDS FOR PAYMENTS. HENCE THE MARKET VALUATIONS OF THESE 4 NEW PROPERTIES ARE INTACT. IN FACT ARE WORTH MORE SINCE BOUGHT BELOW CURRENT MARKET VALUES.
IN FACT ITS CURRENT NTA OF 58 SEN IS GROSSLY UNDERVALUED/UNDERSTATED AS IT OWNS LARGE LANDBANKS IN KERLING NEAR TANJUNG MALIM WHERE THE NEWLY RE-INVIGORATED PROTON/DRB TIE-UP WITH CHINA’S LEADING AUTO COMPANY GEELING HOLDINGS (WHICH OWNS VOLVO AND LOTUS ) WILL EMBARK ON A BIG EXPANSION OF THE PROTON CITY IN T. MALIM. GEELING IS THE HUGE CATALYST WHICH WILL MAKE TANJUNG MALIM INTO A FAST BOOMING TOWN AS IT ATTRACTS 70 AUTO VENDOR FACTORIES TO RELOCATE TO T. MALIM. WILL ALSO PULL IN 70,000 STAFF PLUS THEIR FAMILIES TO MOVE THERE. THERE WILL BE GREAT ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS GROWTH IN T.MALIM WITH SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE SPILL OVER IMPACTS ON THE LAND VALUES SURROUNDING T.MALIM. L&G’S 2474 ACRES OF LANDBANK IN KERLING, JUST ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF T.MALIM WILL RECEIVE A BIG BOOST IN ITS VALUATION BCOS L&G’S BOOK VALUE IS ONLY 44 SEN PSF WHEN ITS CURRENT MARKET VALUES BASED ON BANKS’ VALUATION IS 3.00 PSF AND ABOVE.


(3) SUPPORTED BY ITS VERY HIGH DIVIDEND OF 2 SEN EACH YEAR (DIVIDEND YIELD 9.1%)
GRANTED THAT ITS RECENT RI IS DILUTIVE. BUT THERE ARE SOLID FACTORS WHICH WILL ENABLE L&G TO CONTINUE PAYING 2 SEN IN FUTURE.
REASONS :-
(A)ONE GOOD THING ABOUT CASH D. IT TREATS ALL SHAREHOLDERS EQUALLY AND FAIRLY. EVERYONE RECEIVES THE SAME QUANTUM (WHETHER MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS OR MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS. THE MAIN SHAREHOLDERS WILL BENEFIT GREATLY AND WILL THEREFORE CONTINUE PAYING THE HIGH D.

L&G IS VERY CASH RICH. LOTS OF FREE CASH FLOWS BCOS THE 4 NEW PROPERTIES ARE ALREADY CONVERTED FOR HOUSING DEVT N HENCE NO NEED TO INCUR HIGH CAPEX FOR CONVERSION FEES, THE QUANTITY SURVEYOR N LAWYERS FEES. MOREOVER THE DIAMAND PROJECT IS ALREADY HAVING A STREAM OF CASH RECEIPTS FROM THE BANKS FINANCING THE PURCHASERS




(B)CASH BACKING PER SHARE 16 SEN (AGAINST SHARE PRICE OF 22 SEN) BASED ON ITS ESTIMATED CASH HOARD OF 464M
(C)ALMOST ZERO BORROWINGS

THE COMPLETION OF ITS SALE OF 1SEGAMAT MALL FOR 104M CASH WILL BE BOOST ITS PROSPECTS

4Q RESULTS AND PROFITS TO BE RELEASED BEFORE MONTH END WILL BE VERY GOOD
BASED ON THE COMPLETION OF ITS HIGH END IPOH PROJECT, THE GOOD SALES ACHIEVED FOR ITS 1ST PHASE AMPANG-UKAY PROJECT PLUS THE UPWARD REVISION OF LEASE RENTAL RATES FOR ITS SOUTH CITY MALL AT SRI KEBANGAN KL

ANNOUNCED 3Q RESULTS WERE GOOD
COMING 4Q RESULTS (BASED ON ANNOUNCED MONTHLY REPORTS FOR THESE 3 MONTHS ) WERE BETTER.

DERIVES MOST OF ITS REVENUES AND PROFITS FROM ITS CORE OIL PALM PRODUCTS.
ADDITIONAL REVENUES FROM ITS TIMBER ASSETS ARE SATISFACTORY FOR ITS 3Q. TIMBER BASED REVENUE FOR THE COMING 4Q REMAINS INTACT AS THE HIGHER TIMBER TAX IS W.E.F. FROM 1/7/17 (AFTER ITS 4Q FROM APRIL TO JUNE 2017)

HENCE TIMBER TAX NOT AN ISSUE FOR ITS COMING 4Q RESULTS.
EVEN FOR THE NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 2018, THE IMPACT OF HIGHER TAX COST WILL BE QUITE MINIMAL BCOS TIMBER IS NON CORE AND ONLY CONSTITUTE A SMALL % OF ITS TOTAL REVENUES

ALWAYS A GOOD INVESTMENT TECHNIQUE TO LOOK FOR FUNDAMENTALLY GOOD SHARES SELLING AT THEIR LOW SHARE PRICES. SAFE AND GOT GOOD UPSIDE POTENTIAL

I MADE THE RIGHT CALL FOR SIMILIAR GREAT BUYING OPPORTUNITY WHEN NOTION DROPPED TO 1.12 TWO WEEKS AGO. NOW NOTION HAS BEEN TRADING AT 1.30 FOR THE PAST WEEK.

JTIASA NOW AT 52 WEEK LOW. AND ITS NEXT Q RESULTS NEXT MONTH WILL BE GREAT

HI. PLSE UPDATE IF GOT FURTHER NEWS

CORE BUSINESS N REVENUES ARE FROM ITS OIL PALM PLANTATIONS.
ALREADY REGISTERING HIGHER REVENUES N PROFITS IN ITS LAST QUARTER. ITS NEXT QUARTER WILL BE EVEN BETTER BASED ON THE REPORTED HIGHER MONTHLY HARVESTS N PRODUCTION FIGURES

ITS REVENUES FROM ITS TIMBER IS AN ADDITIONAL BONUS .

GREAT BUYING OPPORTUNITY WITH ITS CURRENT SHARE PRICE NEAR ITS 52 WEEK LOW.
RECENT MONTH'S HIGHS WAS 1.26-1.32

ANNOUNCEMENT SAID DETAILS TO BE GIVEN LATER

ALSO WORKED OUT THE MONTHLY OUTPUT FIGURES AS REPORTED FOR THE LAST 6 MONTHS.
AGREED THAT THE OIL PALM PRODUCTIONS FOR THE QUARTER FROM APRIL TO JUNE WERE MUCH HIGHER THAN THE PRECEDING QUARTER.
HENCE THE COMING 4Q PROFITS WILL BE GOOD.
THE FULL YEAR'S PROFITS WILL THEREFORE BE STRONG

TONYWONG8. THANKS FOR THE INFO

Andry007. YOUR POINTS ARE VALID. THESE ARE ALSO IN LINE WITH CALVIN'S ANALYSIS THAT L&G IS A CYCLICAL STOCK. SINCE ITS PROJECTS HAD BEEN COMPLETED ITS REVENUES AND PROFITS WILL DECLINE FOR THE NEXT FEW QUARTERS (ALREADY SEEN IN THE RECENT QUARTERS AND Y-ON-Y REPORTS). IT NOW HAS ONLY 1 ONGOING PROJECT (DIAMOND) IN SEMEYIH WHICH IT TOOK OVER FROM A ISKANDER BASED CHINESE DEVELOPER. LONGER TERM PROSPECTS ARE OK

HI. PER BURSA REPORT ITS 9M PROFIT WAS 66.5M (NOT 72M)

WAS THERE AN ERROR ?

TQ

DID DETAILED STUDY OF THE COMPANY'S FINANCIALS AS WELL AS CALVIN'S E ANALYSIS.
NOW CONVINCED L& G's FUNDAMENTALS ARE INDEED STRONG.
TODAY BUYING IT AT ITS 12 YEAR LOW OF 0.215 AND TO HOLD IT FOR LONGER TERM INVESTMENT TO REAP ITS GREAT UPSIDE POTENTIAL WILL BE A GOOD STRATEGY

I CAN SEE ITS CASH HOLDING AS AT FYE 31/3/17 TO BE RM383M. POSSIBLY ITS CASH HOARD HAD BY NOW INCREASED TO OVER RM550M WITH THE ADDITION OF CASH FROM ITS RI (less cash used to buy the landbanks).

Can also see that it has almost zero gearing which is good

i mean cash backing per share is 20 sen. how is this computed?

PLSE PROVIDE HOW THE 20 SEN PER SHARE IS COMPUTED

Some readers are still wondering if there is any Final D coming.
Confirmed : NO

B11. Dividend Proposed
No final dividend has been proposed for the financial year ended 31 March 2017.
(per official announcement together with its 4Q results)

WHILE ITS TRUE THAT ITS RIGHTS ISSUE DID RAISED RM377M THIS CASH HAD ALREADY BEEN USED TO PAY FOR THE NEW LANDS PURCHASED. AND THEY NEED TO CONSERVE THEIR CASH FOR HIGH CAPEX FOR PREPARING THESE LANDS FOR FUTURE DEVT.
REQUIRES LONG GESTATION PERIODS OF SOME YEARS BEFORE THEY CAN BE DEVELOPED (EG. APPLCATION FOR LAND USE CONVERSIONS TO HOUSING, NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURES FOR ACCESSIBILITY. NOTED THAT THERE IS AN ABANDONED HOUSING PROJECT IN THESE ACQUIRED ESTATES. IN MANY SUCH CASES SERIOUS LEGAL PROBLEMS ARE ENCOUNTERED TO RESOLVE SETTLEMENTS WITH THE PURCHASERS, CONTRACTORS AND CREDITORS OF THE ABANDONED HOUSING PROJECT. USUALLY TAKES MANY YEARS TO SETTLE THE LEGAL PROBLEMS. WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE MANY HOUSING PROJECTS ABANDONED MANY YEARS AGO AND REMAINED ABANDONED TODAY. ONE NOTABLE CASE CAN BE SEEN NEAR THE SG BULOH MRT STATION .
THE OTHER NEGATIVE IS THE CURRENT WEAK HOUSING PROPERTY MARKETS IN THE COUNTRY. EVEN GOOD PROJECTS IN PRIME LOCATIONS IN THE KLANG VALLEY AND EVEN ISKANDER JOHORE ARE FACING SLOW AND POOR SALES. WE NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS BCOS KERLING AND SERENDAH ARE NOT PRIME LOCATIONS BUT CONSIDERED SECONDARY, DISTANT AND REMOTE. AND THE LOCAL POPULATIONS ARE TOO SMALL TO ABSORB ANY LARGE HOUSING PROJECTS THERE. NON –LOCALS WILL ALSO BE NOT INTERESTED TO INVEST IN SUCH DISTANT LOCATIONS (MOST PEOPLE HAVE NOT HEARD OF KERLING NOR KNOW WHERE IS THIS PLACE).
BASED ON THE ABOVE I WILL STILL HOLD ON TO MY VIEW THAT THE 2 SEN DIVIDEND IS NO LONGER SUSTAINABLE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT FEW YEARS. WILL HAVE TO ACCEPT 1 SEN FUTURE DIVIDENDS WHICH YIELDS 4.7% (AND NOT THE HIGH 9% AS TOUTED BY CALVIN)

MY EARLIER POSTING ON 9/7/17 NOT FOUND IN THIS FORUM. HENCE BEING RE-POSTED HERE TO GET MORE FEEDBACKS FROM READERS.
(NEED TO BE MORE CAUTIOUS NOW BCOS WE HAD SOME BAD EXPERIENCES WITH SOME PAST COUNTERS PROMOTED BY CALVIN. LOST MONIES IN PM CORP, MUI, MPCORP, MULPHA. MAYBE WE WERE UNLUCKY THEN BUT NOW WE WANT TO ANALYSE MORE):=

Misleading financials used to promote share.
Its 2 sen annual dividend was touted as one of the highest dividend yield (DY) of 9%. But the drastic Earnings Dilution of its recent Rights Issue of 8 for 5 was conveniently not addressed. Its capital base increased by a huge 1.799B shares . Hence its past years’ 2 sen dividend is NOT sustainable (especially when it suffered a Loss for its 4Q and its full year profits was down by 41.2% YoY. Next Year’s dividend may drop to 1.0 sen and its Dividend Yield will then decrease to only 4.7% ( sharply lower than touted). The much reduced DY IS LIKELY AND MORE REALISTIC BECOS TO PAY THE SAME 2 SEN ON A MUCH LARGER NUMBER OF SHARES WILL REQUIRE MUCH MORE SUBSTANTIAL CASH PAYOUTS. (CAPITAL BASE IS NOW MORE THAN DOUBLED TO 2.98B SHARES). Bear in mind that the Co. ALSO have other financial commitments (especially heavy Capex or Capital Expenditures)
B11. Dividend Proposed
No final dividend has been proposed for the financial year ended 31 March 2017.
(per official announcement together with its 4Q results)

B11. Dividend Proposed
No final dividend has been proposed for the financial year ended 31 March 2017.
(per official announcement together with its 4Q results)

Misleading financials used to promote share.
Its 2 sen annual dividend was touted as one of the highest dividend yield (DY) of 9%. But the drastic Earnings Dilution of its recent Rights Issue of 8 for 5 was conveniently not addressed. Its capital base increased by a huge 1.799B shares . Hence its past years’ 2 sen dividend is NOT sustainable (especially when it suffered a Loss for its 4Q and its full year profits was down by 41.2% YoY. Next Year’s dividend may drop to 1.0 sen and its Dividend Yield will then decrease to only 4.7% ( sharply lower than touted). The much reduced DY IS LIKELY AND MORE REALISTIC BECOS TO PAY THE SAME 2 SEN ON A MUCH LARGER NUMBER OF SHARES WILL REQUIRE MUCH MORE SUBSTANTIAL CASH PAYOUTS. (CAPITAL BASE IS NOW MORE THAN DOUBLED TO 2.98B SHARES). Bear in mind that the Co. ALSO have other financial commitments (especially heavy Capex or Capital Expenditures)

B11. Dividend Proposed
No final dividend has been proposed for the financial year ended 31 March 2017.
(per official announcement together with its 4Q results)

Many of us lost money in PMCORP, MUIIND, MPCORP,MULPHA, ETC.

Regret that the source of the info on its sale of 1Segamat Mall was inaccurate as in fact “ TDSB has yet to fulfil certain of the conditions precedent of the SPA. “
This actually means the buyer can legally back out and cancel the SPA by deciding not to fulfil the conditions precedents as mentioned.
If this happens then it will be a significant set back for Ecofirs bcos the sale( if completed )can help to reduce its high gearing/borrowings of RM231M (as at 28/2/17) . The sale can also be an additional source of funding for its AmpangUkay project

ECOFIRST CONSOLIDATED BHD

Type Announcement
Subject TRANSACTIONS (CHAPTER 10 OF LISTING REQUIREMENTS)
NON RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Description ECOFIRST CONSOLIDATED BHD ("ECB" OR "THE COMPANY")

PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF THE 1SEGAMAT PROPERTY AND CAR PARK RIGHTS ("SUBJECT PROPERTY") BY TASHIMA DEVELOPMENT SDN BHD, A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF ECOFIRST CONSOLIDATED BHD TO MTRUSTEE BERHAD (FORMERLY KNOWN AS AMTRUSTEE BERHAD), THE TRUSTEE OF HEKTAR REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST FOR A CASH CONSIDERATION OF RM104.0 MILLION ("PROPOSED DISPOSAL")
(Reference is made to ECB’s announcements dated 10 June 2016 and 9 January 2017 in relation to the Proposed Disposal (“Announcements”). Unless otherwise stated, all abbreviations used herein shall have the same meanings as those used in the Announcements.)



On 9 January 2017, the Board of Directors of the Company announced that the Conditional Period had been extended from 10 January 2017 up to 9 July 2017 (“First Extended Conditional Period”).

The Board of Directors of the Company wishes to announce that as at the date of this announcement (being the business day of the First Extended Conditional Period), TDSB has yet to fulfil certain of the conditions precedent of the SPA.



In this regard, TDSB and Hektar Asset Management Sdn Bhd, the Manager of Hektar-REIT, had by way of an exchange of letters dated 7 July 2017, mutually agreed to extend the First Extended Conditional Period for a period of up to 1 month i.e. up to 9 August 2017.

SOMEONE HAS SO MUCH STOCK TO SELL.
YESTERDAY ALSO ONE BIG SELLDOWN AT 1.12
TODAY AGAIN ANOTHER SELLDOWN.
WONDER WHATS WITH THIS GUY

JUST BEING CAUTIOUS
2 Main Worries :
1Trump pledges to act 'very strongly' on North Korea missile threat
The U.S. will move on its own if Russia, China don't support it, Trump says
Could include Naval Blockage and Search/Seize N. Korean cargo ships for weapons shipments (allowed by U.N. bcos N.K broke UN resolutions
2) Trump reportedly 'hell-bent' on imposing steel tariff despite objections from most advisors
US considering broad-scale measures to fight steel dumping: Wilbur Ross
• The United States might have no choice but to resort to "broad-scale" measures to fight the problem of steel dumping, said Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.

Art Cashin warns of a 'major shudder' in the market if Trump imposes steel tariff
• Axios reports that the Trump administration is "hell-bent" on imposing tariffs on imports including steel.
• "I think people would worry about trade wars and where we are going from there," Art Cashin says.
(WILL BE BAD IF TRADE WARS STARTS WITH 20% IMPORT TAX TARIFFS AGAINST CHINESE AND EU STEEL)

2 Main Worries :

1)Trump pledges to act 'very strongly' on North Korea missile threat
The U.S. will move on its own if Russia, China don't support it, Trump says

Could include Naval Blockage and Search/Seize N. Korean cargo ships for weapons shipments (allowed by U.N. bcos N.K broke UN resolutions)

2) Trump reportedly 'hell-bent' on imposing steel tariff despite objections from most advisors
US considering broad-scale measures to fight steel dumping: Wilbur Ross
• The United States might have no choice but to resort to "broad-scale" measures to fight the problem of steel dumping, said Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.

Art Cashin warns of a 'major shudder' in the market if Trump imposes steel tariff
• Axios reports that the Trump administration is "hell-bent" on imposing tariffs on imports including steel.
• "I think people would worry about trade wars and where we are going from there," Art Cashin says.
(WILL BE BAD IF TRADE WARS STARTS WITH 20% IMPORT TAX TARIFFS AGAINST CHINESE AND EU STEEL)

EPF IS PARCELLING OUT ITS KUWASA DAMANSARA LAND VIA J/Vs TO 20 DEVELOPERS.
SYMLIFE CAN ADOPT THE SAME J/V METHOD TO EXPEDITE ITS DEVELOPMENT OF ITS SG LONG LANDBANK

SYMLIFE IS CAPABLE OF DEVELOPING ITS SG LONG LANDBANK ON ITS OWN BUT DUE TO ITS HUGE ACREAGE IT MAY HAVE TO DEVELOP IT MORE GRADUALLY.

TO DO IT VIA SEVERAL STRATEGIC J.V PARTNERS SYMLIFE WILL INSTANTLY BECOME A RAPID GROWTH COMPANY. FASTER N GREATER VALUES WILL BE CREATED FROM ITS SG LONG LAND.

THIS CAN BECOME THE GREAT PRICE CATALYST FOR SYMLIFE

IDEALLY IT WILL BE BEST TO SIGN UP SEVERAL STRATEGIC JOINT VENTURE PARTNERS FOR ITS HUGE SG LONG LANDBANK WITH EACH PARTNER ALLOTTED CERTAIN PARCELS. PROSPECTIVE PARTNERS INCLUDE UM LAND( ITS PARTNER FOR ITS RUN AWAY SUCCESS "STAR RESIDENCES"). ECOWORLD FOR ITS PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT EXPERTISE AMD GOOD BRAND NAME. KWAP CAN ALSO BE ROPED IN FOR ITS DEEP CASH RESOURCES.

SYMLIFE PROVIDES ITS LAND (WHICH IT ALREADY OWNS AT VERY LOW COSTS (BOOK VALUE RM8 PSF) WHILE THE PARTNERS WILL UNDERTAKE THE CONSTRUCTION WORKS AND BEAR THE COSTS. THE COMPLETED UNITS TO BE APPORTIONED AS AGREED.

BIG ADVANTAGES TO SYMLIFE :-
1) WITH SEVERAL J/V PARTNERS CARRYING OUT THE DEVT, THE LANDBANK CAN BE DEVELOPED FASTER . GDVs AND REVENUES/PROFITS CAN BE GENERATED FASTER
2) MINIMAL COSTS,LOWER GEARING AND BETTER FREE CASH FLOWS FOR SYMLIFE AS IT MAINLY PROVIDES THE LAND WHILE THE J.V PARTNERS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE DEVELOPMENTS
3) SYMLIFE'S PROFITS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY AND BE ABLE TO PAY OUT HIGHER DIVIDENDS

TECHNICAL POSTING ERROR.
SHOULD BE " to be further supported by the recurring rental incomes from its South City Plaza (revised upward by rm4m to rm16m annually. Many long term tenants are from private colleges/universities)

SG LONG LANDBANK. ITS HUGE AND IS RIPE FOR DEVELOPMENT TO UNLOCK ITS VALUE FOR SHAREHOLDERS. BOOK VALUE ONLY AT RM8 PSF. BASED ON CURRENT MARKET VALUATION ITS UPSIDE POTENTIAL WILL ALSO BE HUGE.
AGREES WITH AN EARLIER POSTING THE DESIRABLE CATALYST WILL BE SIGNING A CASH RICH JOINT VENTURE PARTNER LIKE KWAP TO DEVELOP IT.
THIS LANDBANK ALONE WILL SUSTAIN AN INCREASING FLOW OF REVENUES AND PROFITS FOR SYMLIFE FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS
WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT WILL BECOME A REALLY GREAT PRICE CATALYST. HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GO LIMIT UP.
IT CAN BECOME A REALITY. THEIR JOINT VENTURE WITH UM LAND FOR ITS VERY SUCCESSFUL STAR RESIDENCES NEAR THE ICONIC PETRONAS TWIN TOWERS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.

GOOD EARNINGS VISIBILITY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT ANY SHARE PRICE UPTREND. WE GOT THIS FROM ECOFIRS (10 YEAR GDV CUM EARNINGS VISIBILITY FROM ITS 87 ACRES AMPANG-UKAY PROJECT (EST. GDV RM5B AND WITH ITS 1ST PHASE WORTH RM606M ALREADY SOLD >90% AND PROGRESS WORK ALREADY COMPLETED FOR ITS PILING/FOUNDATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS). TO BE FURTHER SUPPORTED BY ITS RM400M J/V PROJECT WITH IGB AT BUKIT DAMANSARA TO BE S SOUTH CITY PLAZA KL MALL (MANY LONG TERM TENANTS FROM PRIVATE COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES)

WE CAN FOCUS ON THE UPCOMING 4Q RESULTS TO BE ANNOUNCED IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. BASED ON THE GOOD SALES/GDV OF THEIR 2 ONGOING PROJECTS, ITS REVENUES AND PROFITS WILL BE GOOD

EXAMPLE: TEOH SENG AUN WHO SOLD VIA DIRECT DEALS STILL HOLD 73.7M SHARES IN ECOFIRS. PRIVATE REASONS CAN INCLUDE ALLOCATIONS FOR RELATIVES, ETC OR FOR STRATEGIC BUSINESS REASONS. ITS SIGNIFICANT THAT THESE MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS STILL HOLDS SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST IN THE COMPANY

GROUP ECO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TIONG KWING HEE HAD RECENTLY BEEN BUYING MORE

THESE WERE DIRECT DEALINGS WHICH ONLY REPRESENT A SMALL FRACTION OF THEIR SHAREHOLDINGS. SUCH DEALS CAN BE FOR PRIVATE REASONS . THEIR REMAINING SHAREHOLDINGS ARE STILL VERY SUBSTANTIAL. THUS REFLECTING THEIR CONTINUED CONFIDENCE IN ECOFIRS

TREASURY SHARES. SYMLIFE HOLDS 438,329 OF TREASURY SHARES WHICH IT CAN EASILY DECIDE TO DISTRIBUTE TO ITS SHARE HOLDERS. POSITIVE FOR SHAREHOLDERS' GOODWILL AND YET DO NOT AFFECT ITS CASH FLOWS AND NO EARNINGS/EPS DILUTION.
GOOD TO PROPOSE THIS AT THE COMING AGM

AGM FOR LAST YEARS WAS ANNOUNCED ON 27TH JULY SETTING THE DATE FOR ITS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ON 24/8/16

HENCE ITS SHARE PRICE WILL LIKELY GATHER STRONGER UPWARD MOMENTUM THIS MONTH

MANY POSITIVE CATALYSTS TO STRENGTHEN THE PRICE UPTREND OF SYMLIFE THIS MONTH AS WE MOVE CLOSER TO :-

ITS ANNOUNCEMENT THIS MONTH TO SET THE DATES FOR ITS AGM AND THE EX-DATE FOR PAYMENT OF ITS 3 SEN DIVIDEND IN AUGUST

RELEASE OF ITS 1Q RESULTS. LIKELY A MUCH STRONGER SET OF RESULTS AS ITS 4Q RESULTS DID NOT INCLUDE ITS BIG UNBILLED SALES FOR ITS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL STAR RESIDENCES

WILL DO MORE RESEARCH TO PROVIDE MORE DETAILS ON THESE UPCOMING CATALYSTS

AGMS IN THE PAST WERE HELD IN SEPTEMBER EXCEPT FOR ITS LAST ONE WHICH WAS HELD IN LATE AUGUST

Ecofirs : The Next Symlife (which share price is now already at 1.00)

The Next MidValley.

Both can become realities based on the expected much improved 4Q results to be released by this month end. And this will start off an uptrend in profits and share price sustained by its prized Ampang-Ukay 87 acres project (Freehold 87 acres fronting MMR2 and well connected by an excellent network of highways and public transport facilities. In the centre of the Klang Valley and within the Greater Golden Triangle with near/easy access to The ICONIC PETRONAS TWIN TOWERS- Bukit Bintang Tourist Commercial Belt
(That's the reason for it securing >90% sales for its 1Phase (launched in March2017)
1st Phase GDV RM606M.
Aggregate GDV RM5B with increasing Earnings Visibility sustainable over 10 years.

Worthwhile to keep for long term investment

REASONABLY GOOD ENTRY POINT WITH SHARE PRICE STILL AT A LOW LEVEL AND WITH UPCOMING POSITIVE NEWS FLOW SOON WITH THE SOON TO BE ANNOUNCED 4Q RESULTS WITH INDICATIONS OF SIGNIFICANT INCREASING PROFITS N PROSPECTS

ANOTHER POSITIVE WILL BE THE LAUNCHING OF ITS BUKIT DAMANSARA HIGH END J/V PROJECT WITH IGB TO BE LAUNCHED IN THE NEXT FEW MONTH . GDV 400M

BASED ON THE FACTS :
. COMPLETION OF ITS HIGH END UPPER EAST PROJECT IN IPOH (GDV 302M)
. >90% SALES OF ITS 1ST PHASE AMPANG-UKAY PROJECT (GDV 606M) (The Next MidValley)
JUST A RECOGNITION OF 15% OF ABOVE GDVs WILL REGISTER RM136M REVENUE FOR 4Q MAKING A TOTAL REVENUE OF 198M FOR 12 MONTHS FYE 31/5/17.
4Q PROFITS CAN BE 17M (JUST A NET MARGIN OF 12.5%) MAKING A TOTAL FULL YEAR PROFITS OF 24.8M (EPS 3.08 SEN.)
BASED ON BURSA PROPERTY SECTOR P.E. OF 15.5x, ECOFIR's Fair Value/Price Target 0.47

(EXCLUDING OTHER POSITIVE FACTORS LIKE SALE OF 1SEGAMAT MALL FOR RM104M CASH. IF COMPLETED BY 31/5/17. ITS 4Q /FULL YEAR PROFITS WILL INCREASE BY CAPITAL GAIN OF 2.4M.
ANOTHER POSITIVE IS THE UPWARD REVISION OF TENANCY RATE FOR ITS SOUTH CITY PLAZA KL INCREASING ITS RECURRING RENTAL INCOME BY 4M TO 16M .
RM5B GDV FOR ITS AMPANG UKAY 87 ACRES FREEHOLD PROJECT SUSTAINING ITS EARNINGS FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS

PROMISING PROSPECTS FOR ECONFIR

CORRECT. THIS MEANS NOTION HAD RECENTLY ADDED CASH RESERVES OF RM66.3M WHICH ARE BEING PUT TO PRODUCTIVE USE FOR ITS NEW HIGH TECH PRODUCTION FACILITIES IN JB. WILL ALSO RESULT IN HIGHER FREE CASH FLOWS AVAILABLE FOR CONTINUING ITS QUARTERLY DIVIDENDS AND SPECIAL DIVIDENDS.

RECENT BUSINESS REPORTS POINT TO HIGH DEMAND ORDERS FOR ITS HIGH PRECISION PRODUCTS (ESPECIALLY ITS MOTOR PARTS AND CAMERA LENS DIVISIONS) FROM ITS GLOBAL CLIENTS.
POSITIVE INDICATIONS FOR SIGNIFICANT UPTREND IN ITS QUARTERLY RESULTS/PROFITS