With the mushrooming of high-rises and mixed-use developments in Kuala Lumpur, boutique landscape and architecture firm, Pentago, decided to take the road less travelled — it refurbished a heritage site to lodge its main office, Pentago House.

Participants of TheEdgeProperty.com’s “Symposium on Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail 2016” on Aug 27 were invited to email questions to the speakers after the symposium. Here are the questions and responses.

The symposium clearly attracted those who were looking to ride on the real estate investment opportunities that could arise from the HSR project.

Where are the next property investment hotspots along the planned route of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail?

“BBCC will be counting a lot on connectivity. Forget about cars, the future is going to be the rail lines including the KL-Singapore High Speed Rail”

"During such uncertain times, our website can be a referral point before you make your purchase"

“You won’t see massive overnight increases in property values, it is going to be long-term and gradual”

“HSR fares must be competitive with other modes of transport and must be reasonable to make it viable for people to commute daily or at least regularly”

“In the next 10 years, the state government should work hard to improve the development of their towns in order to retain their young”

“We should not ignore towns such as Pagoh or Muar which offer smallholding and plantation land purchase opportunities”