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Lim Yin Foong

Lim Yin Foong was editor of Personal Money, a Malaysian personal finance magazine published by The Edge Communications, from 2001 to 2006. She is currently based in the UK. 
Lim Yin Foong: London prime residential property continues to do well PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 24 January 2012 13:20

AS 2012 UNFOLD, exciting times are ahead for London, from playing host to the world’s greatest sporting event to celebrating a royal diamond jubilee. Add to that a vibrant art and architectural scene, world-class fine dining and a growing status as a leading fashion capital, and we have the most happening city for the year, according to international style magazine Wallpaper, which has selected London as 2012 City of the Year.
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Lim Yin Foong: Building a more meaningful business environment post-crisis PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 26 December 2011 15:43

ONE OF THE  most popular television ads this holiday season depicts a little boy counting down the days to Christmas. Time just can’t seem to pass by quickly enough for him, and one assumes this is because he can’t wait to open his presents.

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Last Updated on Friday, 20 January 2012 13:20
 
Lim Yin Foong: The UK in ‘splendid isolation’ after vote for closer EU PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 20 December 2011 16:39

EVEN FOR THE leader of an island nation, the isolation from Europe that David Cameron appears to be risking seems extraordinary. In the past few days, the British Prime Minister has been derided in news reports and commentaries for his veto of a European Union treaty that could help save the eurozone.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 December 2011 13:21
 
Lim Yin Foong: Virgin Money ready to ‘shake up’ UK banking PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 06 December 2011 15:49

MY MORTGAGE PACKAGE expires by yearend, and as I’ve been shopping around for a new deal, I thought I’d give Virgin Money a try. To find out more about its financial products, I decided to visit its newly opened outlet in Norwich’s bustling city centre retail area.

Walking through its glass doors, I was intrigued by its swanky interior, all done up in red and black with cosy sofas and armchairs, a coffee bar and a baby grand piano in one corner. It looked more like the priority banking lounges I am used to in Asia rather than a typical British bank branch and, in fact, it wasn’t one, at least not just yet.
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Last Updated on Friday, 16 December 2011 16:38
 
Lim Yin Foong: European nations seek tax revenues in fatty foods PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 07 November 2011 14:31

DURING A RECENT visit to Copenhagen, I sat in a friend’s kitchen and watched as he expertly prepared flæskesteg, or Danish roast pork. As he poured an entire carton of cream into a pot of meat drippings to make the gravy, I feared the meal that would soon ensue would do my waistline and arteries no favours. Yet, as we sat down to a dinner that also included boiled new potatoes smothered with butter and lots of delicious crispy pork crackling, I ceased to care.

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Last Updated on Friday, 02 December 2011 15:48
 
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