News about cities

The city, along with other major urban centres, must establish and implement a comprehensive urban resilience strategy to address the impacts of various hazards, including those linked to climate change.

Malaysian regulations on redevelopment and, by extension, en bloc sales, must change, quickly.

Malaysia has committed itself to making our country an exemplary model of the Sustainable Development Goals, so how close are we towards that goal?  KUALA LUMPUR (April 21): The signs are frightening – melting ice, dying coral reefs, and even the rising rate of mosquitoes (yes, global warming has made the earth more mosquito-friendly).

PETALING JAYA (June 27): Kuala Lumpur will be hosting the 13th International Conference on World Class Sustainable Cities 2022 (WCSC 2022) on Sept 13, 2022 at the Royale Chulan Kuala Lumpur hotel.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 28): Kuala Lumpur is brimming with creativity and opportunities, according to the panellist at a fireside conversation on Kuala Lumpur as a unique city on Oct 27.

PETALING JAYA (Aug 5): Cities are now outperforming national housing markets, with 43 cities registering an annual price growth above 10%, up from just one year ago, according to Knight Frank’s latest report Knight Frank’s Global Residential Cities Index, published in July.

PETALING JAYA (July 14): Competing against finalists from 13 different locations across Asia, Malaysia’s talent shined through during the 13th instalment of Asia Young Designer Awards’ (AYDA) as Dayana Aripin and Evva Lim Fee Yah emerged as Asia Young Designers of the Year 2020.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 30): Malaysia has overtaken Hong Kong in the flexible office space market, which has seen a third successive year of high growth.

PETALING JAYA: Kuala Lumpur was the world’s cheapest city in 2019 to buy a luxury home based on a survey of 28 cities across the globe, according to Savills Prime Index: World Cities research report.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 9): Global real estate consultancy firm JLL expects Asia Pacific’s overall real estate transaction volumes in 2019 to rise by 5% – although the pace of growth momentum will slow down.