Brian Lim wins his first home

BANGI (Aug 22): Most people would need at least a few years – if not more than 10 years, to save up enough to buy their first home – but Brian Lim Choon Wah will now be able to instantly own his first home, thanks to The Edge-Mah Sing Millionaire (TEMS MILLIONAIRE) competition.

"It may take me many years to save money and buy my own house, if not for this competition," he told theedgeproperty.com after he passed the last challenge and became the winner.

Lim is now taking his time to consider which Mah Sing Group Bhd property he prefers. 

Crowned the winner after intense competition from 20 other finalists, he is now spoilt for choice given Mah Sing’s various types of residential projects around Malaysia.

His parents -- Danny Lim and Lily Yoong -- and his younger sister Crystal Lim accompanied him to the competition today.

They were all very excited about his success and proud of his achievement.

The 32-year old IT project manager said he was so nervous he couldn’t sleep well last night. 

"I only slept around three hours last night [because I kept] thinking about what kind of challenges I may face today," he explained.

In today's The Edge-Mah Sing Millionaire competition, the 21 lucky finalists went through four rounds of elimination contests, with five finalists in the last round.

Lim wasn't the fastest among them, but he was calm and he rethought his strategy. "When I found that being calm didn’t work to increase my speed, I decided to take a more proactive strategy and it worked," he explained.

Lim and another finalist, Hong Lih Chun, were neck-to-neck at the last challenge, which entailed tossing sandbags to topple a pyramid of cardboard boxes.

Lim said his mind went blank during that time and he couldn't think of any strategies except to just throw the limited sandbags he had.

When he downed the last box on the table, he was shocked and stood there in disbelief, he said.

Until the moment he received the RM1 million cash voucher from Mah Sing Group CEO Ng Chai Yong, he still couldn’t believe that he was now a new millionaire.

Ng says the young winner of the voucher is now part of Mah Sing’s history as he is a new millionaire under this historic collaboration of the company and The Edge Media Group.

Meanwhile, The Edge Communications Sdn Bhd and The Edge Property managing director Au Foong Yee said she was very happy as the competition is helping the lucky winner to own his dream home.

When asked which type of property he preferred, he shortlisted some properties in the Klang Valley, Penang and Sabah. However, he is not in a rush to make the purchase decision.

He has two months to purchase any Mah Sing Group residential property, with an option to write in to extend the period by one month.

View more pictures of the event here:
The Edge-Mah Sing Millionaire Contest at Southville City (GALLERY)

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