News by Natalie Khoo

Sime Darby Property group managing director Datuk Azmir Merican: On top of raising funds for the deserving children, the aim of the campaign is to help the public to better understand autism and the challenges faced by the children

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.”

“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.

Group managing director Datuk Azmir Merican: We have to launch projects which make sense to the market. If the project is not right, the pricing is off, we are not going to get a positive response

The garden, which was built at a cost of approximately RM3.8 million, is an expression of appreciation for Japan. As we all know, the land of the rising sun is one of Selangor’s longest investors.

An example of a sustainable landscape site is the award-winning The Central Park in the popular Desa ParkCity township in Kuala Lumpur

In recent times, it seems that developers are taking heed of the fact that sustainable landscaping must be thought of from the onset and consider the natural composition of the site in their project planning

Time will tell if the landscape of a project is sustainable. Often, the lesson comes with expensive “tutoring fees”.

Malaysia Shopping Malls Association: It is observed that enforcement has been further enhanced and so long the SOPs are clear and unambiguous and not left to the interpretation of enforcement personnel, the public are generally heeding the instructions to follow.