Posted by talkrealreal > 2014-02-24 23:21 | Report Abuse

We need to look at their employment policies , it appears that the airlines staff s are over presented with one single race in a multiracial country .i don't want to put it as RASCIST employment policy,Maybe a more fair & just racial composition may be helpful to improve the service. Merit employment with less emphasis on race should led MAS MORE COMPETITIVE IN MARKET PLACE.

Posted by simonfoo0123 > 2014-02-24 23:22 | Report Abuse

Go for the jugular. The MAS union. Strip them off their pacifiers every time they whine to their political masters/cronies. Let meritocracy rule and see how MAS will soar. Idealistic yes; and achievable? Definitely.

Posted by TanSriDato > 2014-02-24 23:24 | Report Abuse

MAS will forever never get out of this rot if it remains as 'gold mine' for crony suppliers. I am certain inflight food cost to MAS may be the highest in the world! Cabin crews may be in better position to recommend better and cheaper food if actual cost is make known to them!

Posted by Lembusial > 2014-02-24 23:25 | Report Abuse

MAS must be given "5 STAR" for their ever increasing debts year after year !! 5 STAR AWARD for maintaining their ever increasing debts year after year !!!

Posted by Fortuneball > 2014-02-24 23:26 | Report Abuse

If MAS are so great- then WHY do the Malaysian Royals take SIA to London. ?- it is a common occurrence on Singapore Airlines .

Posted by FatFLOM > 2014-02-24 23:29 | Report Abuse

Now I know why Rosmah prefer to fly in the private jet and shy away, using shabby MAS! Either her ass is too big for the seat or the food is not to her expensive taste.

Posted by keithchan > 2014-02-24 23:30 | Report Abuse

The staff is already DEMORALIZED after what had happened after it was privatized. After that it was going down and down and has never REALLY recovered and I bet it will never recover. Blame WHOEVER is instrumental in privatizing the airline. In fact all these Malaysia Inc and Privatization policies started in the 80's have brought untold misery to the average Malaysian NOW and had only resulted in the creation of a privileged few and cronies who became filthy rich. Just think about that

Posted by Naughtygirl > 2014-02-24 23:32 | Report Abuse

That's why Brahims, Mas' caterer, earned a "Strong Buy" call from Alliance Bank. They make loads of cash providing low cost meal to 5 star airline.

Posted by Duitbesar > 2014-02-24 23:39 | Report Abuse

Harga MAS dah terhempas. Kerugian amat parah. Rakyat makin tidak puast hati. Kalau bailout sekali lagi lingkuk BN. Lebih baik jual saja dengan kerajaan Selangor, manatau untung 2 billion pulak.

Posted by franky_ajie > 2014-02-24 23:50 | Report Abuse

MAS = Masalah Akan Selesai?

Posted by saedun > 2014-02-25 08:48 | Report Abuse

Duitbesar selangor pun air dah kena catu.

Posted by BEAMAN > 2014-02-25 09:07 | Report Abuse

MAS sekarang beri peluang rakyat biasa beli share... buy now or never..

Posted by gyaphong > 2014-02-25 09:24 | Report Abuse

will privatise be a good move to make MAS turnaround?

Posted by Muhd Adib > 2014-02-25 09:33 | Report Abuse

going down with mas either do or die until delisted

Posted by cschen > 2014-02-25 09:42 | Report Abuse

Ah Jib will surely say something to make us confident with MAS.....

Posted by Hustle > 2014-02-25 10:44 | Report Abuse

Aiyoo...seems like MAS will be continue to be cash cow....milk...milk :)


Brahim’s Holdings Bhd - FY13 Results Preview

Author: kltrader | Publish date: Tue, 25 Feb 09:50
Highlights

Based on statistics released by MAS’ and MAHB’s FY13 results, we believe Brahim’s FY13 topline results (to be released on 27th Feb) will be within expectations.

MAS total passengers carried in FY13 experienced double digit growth of 28.5% to 17.2m passengers (Figure 1) compared to 13.4m in FY12 (vs. HLIB’s yoy growth estimates of 30%).

Besides, based on the total costs incurred by MAS on services provided by Brahim’s in 4QFY13 and FY13, this translates to circa. RM386.4m in revenue for Brahim’s in FY13. It would be in line with our estimate of RM391.3m (+1.3%).

On the other hand, MAHB’s FY13 passenger movement statistics (Figure 2) of 47.5m passengers is within expectation as well, accounting for 101.6% of our FY13 estimates.

However, Brahim’s could potentially record stronger bottomline earnings as operations’ efficiencies increases on the back of higher numbers of meals catered. Furthermore, Brahim’s have always been putting in efforts to reduce its expenses, especially finance costs.

As such, we would not be surprise if Brahim’s core earnings released on 27th Feb 2014 to be above expectations. As to other business segments (i.e: Café Barbera and warehouse/logistics division), we do not see any major changes/shifts in the upcoming results release.
Risks

Pandemic outbreaks.
Slowdown in passenger movements.
Termination of concession agreements.
Relatively elastic demand.
Appreciation of US$ and/or depreciation of RM.

Forecasts

Unchanged.
Rating

BUY

Positives – (1) Niche industry; and (2) Sustainable earnings from long-term concession agreements.

Negatives – (1) Earnings highly dependable on economic conditions/pandemics; (2) Delay in the opening of KLIA2 and sugar refinery plant in Sarawak; and (3) Additional borrowings for any asset injections could increase net gearing significantly.
Valuation

Maintain BUY with unchanged TP of RM2.64 based on industry average of 16x FY14’s EPS and 7.0x FY14’s EV/EBITDA.

We strongly believe that the recent selldown is largely due to profit taking among investors and hence provide opportunity to accumulate.

Source: Hong Leong Investment Bank Research - 25 Feb 2014

Posted by faralenz77 > 2014-02-25 11:05 | Report Abuse

those who recommend to buy MAS are those losing large sum of money inveswting MAS shares.i am confident it'll continue to slide

Posted by BEAMAN > 2014-02-25 11:20 | Report Abuse

faralenz77.. buy another 500,000 share, its cheap now.. dont miss the flight.

Posted by BBB79 > 2014-02-25 11:27 | Report Abuse

wait it stable first, keep drop...

Posted by Terry Sinclair > 2014-02-25 11:39 | Report Abuse

Now all can buy shares.Dont bet on it...stay clear.

Posted by 77cq > 2014-02-25 11:57 | Report Abuse

NEXTGRAM 0096

current : 0.13 (short term : 0.30 , long term : 0.55)

Posted by pypw > 2014-02-25 12:35 | Report Abuse

When people still dare to buy that's means the price is not cheap yet. Wait till nobody dare to buy then that could be the right time to entry. Just my
guess

Posted by gcchoe > 2014-02-25 15:42 | Report Abuse

wait for 0.20,,then buy

Posted by morivae > 2014-02-25 16:12 | Report Abuse

Support CIMB! Wait to buy at 0.14!!!

Posted by Hustle > 2014-02-25 16:16 | Report Abuse

If you stuck too much MAS at high price just switch to buy Brahim to compensate back your loss.Since MAS loss is Brahim gain :)

Posted by olehlehshare > 2014-02-25 16:27 | Report Abuse

hopeless la...this stock...buy = throw $ into sea...my opinion...

Posted by karipap > 2014-02-25 16:32 | Report Abuse

good la this konter......

Posted by andychucky28 > 2014-02-25 16:32 | Report Abuse

MAS Boleh!!! But still loss money. All because the PM said cannot sell. Bleeding so much still want face !!! Got read Sun Tze Art of war or not?

Posted by bathgel > 2014-02-25 16:39 | Report Abuse

y buy or still discuss if this stock is so useless ?

Posted by member41 > 2014-02-25 16:46 | Report Abuse

So low can someone takeover?

Posted by investnow > 2014-02-25 17:17 | Report Abuse

I think a lot of people are still being too optimistic about MAS....here's a history of how MAS had performed...
http://money-made-ez.blogspot.com/2014/02/history-of-mas-loss.html
I think buying stock is not just about buying at a certain number, but it's about looking at how a company is being managed, the profitability and prospect of growth. MAS had a track record that is very bad...and unless they can prove themselves to be able to manage a company well, it's crazy to buy this stock regardless of how cheap. Billion of losses!! Under normal circumstances, the company should go bankrupt.

Posted by andychucky28 > 2014-02-25 17:18 | Report Abuse

This stock is not useless. How can a national airline become useless. It is the people who manage the airline useless.

Posted by olehlehshare > 2014-02-25 17:24 | Report Abuse

why it still not yet bankrupt..whose money to support? khazanah?...Khazanah money from where...every quater how many billion to lost? whose money is that? everyone here is smart, sure you know the answer...

Posted by qqq668 > 2014-02-25 17:29 | Report Abuse

Congratulation for those that brave themselves to buy at the closing minutes today. You are buying at the lowest of MAS share price. At 38 sen compare to Mas share at rm1.00 when the right isuue announced. In another word you are buying at MAS OR at 3 sen. I can see the big boys are buying like mad this evening. Do not be cheated by the multiple sell order at the close. They are forcing the players or investors to dump. This is the best way to force people to dump Mas shares. By selling aggressive towards the close, many people are confused thinking the sellers had , you would nottins of Mas shares to sell. The same broker are still selling fr 31 sell level to 2sen. My point is if you are genuinely selling you would not use the same brokers to go aggressive, and why at the last minit

Posted by qqq668 > 2014-02-25 17:35 | Report Abuse

If the sell is so genuine, they will sell quietly n slowly.They would use different brokers. It is obvious they sell aggreasive at the same time they buy multiple time. It is always when the price is cheap or low, they will adopt this strategy. They can always sell first thing in the morning if really they want to dump, no need to wait till last minutes. They sell with intentions. Don't be fool.

Posted by qqq668 > 2014-02-25 17:37 | Report Abuse

Thinking the sellers have tons of Mas share to sell

Posted by investnow > 2014-02-25 17:40 | Report Abuse

i'm not saying airline business is not good, nor am I saying that MAS is rubbish, but if the management don't improve...the cycle will repeat itself. Investing in stock is like investing in good business, and the key to it is management. Anyway Good Luck to all those who have faith!

Posted by alenac > 2014-02-25 17:45 | Report Abuse

Thinking of buying more of MAS, just go ahead!!!!!!!


"Lim said MAS's more than RM4.1 billion in losses in the past three years should prompt its owners, Khazanah Nasional, to seek solutions by coming to terms with the fact that its current cost structure is just not viable.

Lim said MAS's more than RM4.1 billion in losses in the past three years should prompt its owners, Khazanah Nasional, to seek solutions by coming to terms with the fact that its current cost structure is just not viable."


Saying his party does not agree with a suggestion by Singapore Business Times that MAS should declare bankruptcy to revive itself, Lim, however, drew attention to "overstaffing and lopsided procurement contracts from maintenance to catering".

"No one is surprised that cronyism and hanky-panky are two of the main causes of MAS' continued decline," he added, while saying that MAS still could not compete with AirAsia despite tens of billions of ringgit from taxpayers.

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/seek-help-from-airasia-on-saving-mas-dap-tells-putrajaya
25/02/2014 17:44

Posted by Lawrence Kwan Vui Juin > 2014-02-25 17:52 | Report Abuse

The first step is to change new ceo... fires jauhari asap!

Posted by PN17 > 2014-02-25 17:54 | Report Abuse

why your guys so stupid either mas cheating your guys so many times but stil have peoples believe it

Posted by morivae > 2014-02-25 18:07 | Report Abuse

Actually most people bought into this counter not because of its business model, management or profitability, but because of speculative purpose...I don't believe in this counter at ALL, but I would bought into this counter whenever opportunity appears, speculative....

Posted by benson911 > 2014-02-25 18:08 | Report Abuse

Airasia X also lost 131M for 4q......

Posted by BEAMAN > 2014-02-25 18:12 | Report Abuse

MAS will not bancrup only time MAS = Make A Suprise... dont care what people say.just buy more.

Posted by karipap > 2014-02-25 18:33 | Report Abuse

buy buy.....sell also can.....gomen will help....jgn takut looh

Posted by pypw > 2014-02-25 18:33 | Report Abuse

Today, just start support mas sikit sikit. If it drops futher tommorow , i will also buy sikit sikit. Unitl it touch 17 cents.

Posted by trioloo86 > 2014-02-25 18:35 | Report Abuse

if mas being takeover by AA... tp rm1.00 we all kaya liao.... think so mr T will sapu cheap Mas shares now....

Posted by pypw > 2014-02-25 18:38 | Report Abuse

possibility is there. Big sharks waiting to merge.

Posted by jamie525 > 2014-02-25 18:39 | Report Abuse

useless counter, forget it altogether.

Posted by pypw > 2014-02-25 18:44 | Report Abuse

Just buy sikit sikit for fun. Wouldn't hurt lah.

Posted by AhSook AhKou > 2014-02-25 18:56 | Report Abuse

Dream on AA takeover .... govt for sure will have "extend" 2 figures , ha ha