Affordable housing challenge

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 5): Amid slowing demand and deteriorating profits, it seems now is a good time for housing developers — who are accused of being only interested in higher-end properties — to switch their focus to affordable housing, demand for which far outstrips supply.

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Transition and transformation

THE Transition Town movement came about because many people from all over the world were getting worried about issues such as peak oil (fossil fuel production reaching its peak and then dwindling to nothing) and climate change.

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We need debates to spark change, says KRI

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 29): For now, Datuk Charon Wardini Mokhzani (pictured) is just glad that Khazanah Research Institute’s (KRI) study of Malaysian homes has corroborated many people’s convictions that home prices have escalated beyond affordability, to the point that the government has even come out to raise its concerns.

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Designer platform: Jeanette Altherr

Who: German-born Jeanette Altherr trained as an industrial designer and is a founding partner of design studio and creative consultancy Lievore Altherr Molina in Barcelona, now known as Lievore Altherr.

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