房屋趣:在垂直的森林里上班

我们都有听过斥资US$1000亿(约RM4157亿)发展的森林城市项目,但你知道这个位于西马南部的项目取名为“森林城市”的原因吗? 主要的原因,是这个大型项目采用的垂直绿化设计,让项目当中的建筑物都披上一层“绿衣”。 自2015年开始,森林城市的发展商Country Garden Pacificview私人有限公司(由碧桂园集团和Esplanade Danga 88私人有限公司所组成的联营公司)就持续地建造出采用了这个设计、外观由绿植被所覆盖的各类建筑,包括公寓、零售大楼、酒店和售楼处。 但很多人都不知道,其实这个绿色设计理念是源自于碧桂园集团位于中国广州的总部所采用的设计。 近期,EdgeProp.

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‘Stop bullying Malaysia and take back your waste’

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 6): The Parliamentary Caucus on Monitoring Lynas yesterday urged the Australia-based group to “stop bullying Malaysia” and to take away the radioactive waste accumulated at its rare earth plant in Gebeng, Pahang, saying it has polluted underground water at the site.

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Is it an indirect ‘Robin Hood’ budget?

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 5): Three years ago, when former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who was also the finance minister, unveiled Budget 2016, many labelled it the “Robin Hood” budget — a reference to a fictional character who took from the rich to give to the poor — simply because the personal income tax rate of those in the higher income bracket was raised.

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