: “The property market is definitely active – be it in the primary or secondary market. It has been a record year for disbursements of loans.”

In conjunction with Malaysia Day this year, EdgeProp.my and S P Setia Bhd have joined hands to give some encouragement to these micro-traders through a Caring Community Campaign themed “Alongside our B40s”.

Sitting atop the highest point of Setia Greens township, this low-density development is a Spanish-inspired residential enclave comprising 60 units of two-storey and three-storey semi-detached homes. Its vantage point on elevated ground allows its residents to enjoy an uninterrupted panoramic cityscape of the Bayan Lepas town.

As common as this practice is though, excessive and indiscriminate renovations, approved or otherwise, make the whole neighbourhood appear disjointed, incongruous, uncoordinated, disharmonious and even at odds with the house next door, and as a result, the value of these properties suffer

Along with the progress, a wide network of infrastructure and roads has been built, some dating more than a century old. If they had voices, these thoroughfares would probably have a thousand tales to tell on the history and changing face of the country’s capital city.

Eight of the selected eatery operators of the Caring Community Campaign “Alongside our B40s” open up their stories, give us a glimpse of the hardships they face, and inspire us with their unflinching tenacity as they keep moving forward

EdgeProp Malaysia Editor-in-Chief and managing director, Au Foong Yee: How about proposing a tiered system for MM2H participants, with conditions and incentives tied to their immediate and direct contributions to the Malaysian economy?

FIABCI Malaysia president Datuk Seri Koe Peng Kang urged the government to quickly settle the issue to avoid greater damage to the country’s economy and image

Chairman of “Hongkongers in Malaysia” Facebook group Gary Crestejo: With the drastic change of terms and conditions, it has already created a negative image to the country

FIABCI Malaysian Chapter president Datuk Seri Koe Peng Kang: We do not understand why the government doesn’t want to talk to us. The new terms were announced briefly with very little details, which has already created a crisis of confidence.