Location is Cheras’ biggest advantage as the KL portion of Cheras is about 6km from the KL city centre. It also offers various housing choices that meet different buyers’ needs and budgets.

Recent land transactions show that developers tend to invest in locations that are not only in the Klang Valley but which are already established.

World Health Organisation (WHO) Science Council member and infectious diseases expert Prof Datuk Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman: I am not so worried about the larger establishments like shopping complexes and office buildings with ample spaces. It is the smaller individual shops and also restaurants where people take their masks off during eating that I am worried about.

CEO Datuk Chang Khim Wah stressed that incorporating sustainability is not just on an ad-hoc basis, but also on everyday decision-making

Covid-19 has severely hit nearly every sector of economy across countries. Construction is of no exception as projects have either been suspended or delayed.

Ho Wai Ping was the master planner and architect of many outstanding projects such as Putrajaya and the award-winning Desa ParkCity.

Group managing director of Sime Darby Property, Datuk Azmir Merican: “In five years or sooner, we hope to achieve a contribution ratio of 70:30 property development and non-property development respectively.”

The central bank, in its 2018 Financial Stability and Payment Systems report, demanded banking institutions to revise these unfair T&C and improve clarity through the use of plain language, for both new and existing housing loans and financing contracts, by end 2019.

“Always show up at your AGMs and EGMs. Don’t think that, I am just one parcel owner, I don’t have any say in the decisions made.”

The mismanaging, misuse and abuse of sinking funds is not something new. The Commissioner of Buildings (COB) is currently investigating several cases of abuse of funds although the details cannot be revealed as of now.