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For a start, no commercial buildings are designed to be shut down for months at a time. No one would have contemplated that this would happen, said Architect Centre Sdn Bhd accredited architect and trainer Anthony Lee Tee.

Chur Associates founder and managing partner Chris Tan: We are likely to have to live with Covid-19 for some time so a strong community with proper property management is probably the best.

“In fact, even before this [pandemic], we already had very strict SOPs on short-term rentals in buildings because we need to protect the safety of the other occupants in the building. But now, there needs to be social distancing, knowledge of who and where the guests are from and others,” said Low.

Chur Associates founder and managing partner Chris Tan: If you want the authority to exercise discretion, you have to be reasonable. If you are supposed to renew certificates within the MCO (Movement Control Order) period but you can’t do it, you need to show you had tried to do so and have the evidence to prove that for instance you contacted the authority via phone call, email or registered post.

Such fee waivers and discounts are not viable as any adjustments in fee collection or sinking funds will need the approval of property owners via an AGM or EGM

This comes after the Federal Court today refused to grant leave to an application to appeal against the COA's ruling in the Menara Rajawali case.

Rehda Malaysia president Datuk Soam Heng Choon: Throughout the 50 years of our formation, we have played a vital role in the betterment of the property industry and nation, by being a key partner to the government in its various initiatives.

In an immediate response to this afternoon's announcement by Defence Minster Ismail Sabri Yaakob, CCM general secretary Rev Hermen Shastri (photo) said his grouping, which includes Anglican, Lutheran, Methodist, Syrian Christian and Presbyterian, would not resume service.

The authorities have already announced many times in recent days about the ban on inter state travel under the conditional movement control order (CMCO) to prevent a second wave of Covid-19 infections.

Entrance is however limited to a maximum of 30 people on the premises at any one time, while children below 12 and senior citizens above 70 are not allowed to enter, he said.