News about accommodation

“They find it easier to place (their workers) here (in illegal housing) as it’s cost-free, although under the law, employers can deduct a maximum of RM100 from the employees’ salaries for accommodation; unfortunately, many employers fail to take this initiative.

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PLANMalaysia has conducted a series of engagements with stakeholders including federal government agencies, state and local authorities, online travel platforms, hoteliers and host associations.

Excluded from the ban are six types of commercial properties: serviced apartments, small office home offices (SoHo), small office flexible offices (SoFo), small office virtual offices (SoVo), office suites and duplex offices.

Local Government Development Minister Nga Kor Ming said the guidelines and regulations will be included in the Cabinet Ministers Memorandum paper, led by the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, to deal with issues that occur at the operational and implementation levels of short-term rental accommodation KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 22): The government is working on a comprehensive short-term rental accommodation (STRA) guide that will be adopted by all local governments in Malaysia, said Local Government Development Minister Nga Kor Ming (pictured).

“In Penang, for example, the blanket ban that they proposed is probably a regulation that doesn’t make a lot of sense because there have to be ways in which challenges can be managed without an activity being banned, which is why we are suggesting that the existing Strata Management Act 2013 (SMA2013) be used at a building level to pass bylaws that are suited for the specific buildings instead.

Westlite currently has workers' accommodation in Johor, Penang and Selangor with a total of 25,099 beds as of June 30 KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 14): Westlite Accommodation Malaysia aspires to expand its operations in Malaysia, said Centurion Corp Ltd chief executive officer Kong Chee Min in a media briefing on Tuesday (Sept 13).

The foreign workers’ accommodation, much like the workers themselves, was never given much thought by industry players nor the Malaysian society at large, which did have an impression that it was typically a cramped space with hygiene problems.

While the industrial and logistics segment is expected to remain the bright spot in the property industry, CBRE|WTW managing director Foo Gee Jen said there will be great potential in worker accommodation.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 13): While the industrial and logistics segment is expected to remain the bright spot in the property industry, CBRE|WTW managing director Foo Gee Jen (pictured) said there will be great potential in worker accommodation.