新闻：国人不介意小房子，但要大空间
在如吉隆坡般的大城市中，寸土尺金已是事实，这也是为何城中新房子面积越建越小。 在无法改变房子越来越小的前提下，屋主只能通过巧妙地室内设计，让房子看起来更宽敞一些。 在长达6周的Lafarge-EdgeProp MYHOME问卷调查中，收集了14,000大马人对理想房子的意见。其中，有超过一半（51.
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