Keeping ahead of the curve with R&D

PETALING JAYA: You don’t often see property development companies investing substantial sums in research & development (R&D) but China-based China Vanke Co Ltd (Vanke) has been spending RMB300 million (RM178 million) annually on R&D since 2006, especially on aspects of property development.

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佳居锦囊:为特别的孩子营造一个宜居环境

对很多家长来说,营造一个安全舒适的家已很不容易,而对于拥有特殊需要的小朋友,家长在家居设计与摆设上,难免更加不知该从何着手。 即使是作为一名建筑师的Mumtazah Mustajab,她与丈夫也花费了相当长的时间和规划,才为患有自闭症的13岁儿子Najib打造一个宜居的家。 Mumtazah是建筑公司Archisphere私人有限公司的董事,也是大马建筑师协会在2019至2020年度的其中一名理事成员,负责掌管社区与社会责任委员会。 Mumtazah一家人居住在隆市Taman Melawati的一间双层排屋,这间家是他们在Najib于10年前被诊断为自闭儿童后搬过来的,看中的是这个社区大片的绿色环境与宽敞的房屋空间。 她向EdgeProp.

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Comment by Liew Chin Tong on toll rates

Comment by Liew Chin Tong on toll rates The announcement by PLUS Malaysia Bhd to reduce its toll rates by 18% is in line with Pakatan Harapan’s two-step election promise to (a) renegotiate unfair toll concessions, and (b) to gradually take over and eventually abolish tolls.

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Prepare for the worst in the Metal Rat year

The Malaysian and global economy will continue to be sluggish and could get worse in the year of the Metal Rat, so it would be wise to keep cash, reduce debt and extend your social network as this will augur well in future if you need to find a new job, said Mastery Academy of Chinese Metaphysics founder Datuk Joey Yap.

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The logic behind the 'tilting' 8 Conlay design

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 16): Following last month’s viral Whatsapp message about a building here that is on the verge of collapsing, its developer KSK Land has highlighted at a media briefing today that its flagship project 8 Conlay will be completed by late 2020.

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