We shine the light on the less highlighted sides of the developers, where they have employed various ways to help the marginalised and pandemic-affected groups and individuals tide through the Covid-19 storm

In the real estate sector, companies big and small are targeting their corporate social responsibility efforts on helping the community weather the Covid-19 storm together. What is heartening is that most of them, though their ships are also battered in the rough seas of the pandemic, have not withheld their resources from those more in need.

“It is therefore clear that the Parliament no longer saw fit for housing developers to collect booking fees before the signing of SPA. This has put to rest any notion that the collection of booking fees is still permissible.”

Chief executive officer Leong Kit May: The demand for warehousing space has increased. To be honest, we have gotten so many enquiries but our space is almost 100% occupied. I mean, in a way, we are very blessed because the demand for these sectors (warehousing and logistics) is booming.

Thanks to Axis-REIT’s basket of tenants who are mostly still operational during the various movement control order (MCO) phases, chief executive officer Leong Kit May said this has contributed to its sterling results.

Even with ACP increasingly popping up in so many of our commercial buildings, Malaysia does not have a history of ACP cladding-related fire incidents

With tourism being the third largest contributor to Malaysia’s gross domestic product, the impact of the virus has been far-reaching and continued to ripple throughout the economy as more and more hotels can’t help but shutter

It is now known that smaller respiratory droplets expelled from an infected person could spread further through virus ‘aerosols’ inside crowded and/or inadequately-ventilated buildings.  As the risk of catching Covid-19 is higher in confined spaces, it is critical to mitigate exposure to the virus and reduce the disease transmission by improving and enhancing the air quality and ventilation inside buildings.

As we prepare to head back to the office, learning institutions, retail outlets, malls and entertainment centres in the new normal, what must we be aware of? What are the necessary mitigation steps to take?

We now have a Guidance Note on “Improving Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation in Buildings amid the Covid-19 Pandemic and Beyond”