I am honoured to join you here tonight to deliver a speech about how I see the mission and purpose of real estate agents in a changing society and in a changing time. I would also like to congratulate all recipients of the awards. I…
May I thank the Royal Institute of Surveyors Malaysia for inviting me to officiate the National Real Estate Convention and to share a few thoughts on what the property sector could do to support nation-building in the context of the rapidly changing global economic order.…
The climate crisis is not a fiction but the same prisoner’s dilemma applies if we continue to see the environment as an externality. The same old cliches would see dealing with climate as a cost and keep debating who should bear the cost. What if…
It is my great honour to address the Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia Annual Dinner. The last time I spoke at the PAM annual dinner was in 2019 when I was Deputy Defence Minister, which didn’t have much to do with the field of architecture. At least…
Efficient public transport is the key to livable cities, and affordable accessibility for all should be the policy objective of any good government. It is about moving people, not cars. Sadly, no such system has yet to emerge in Kuala Lumpur as transport is usually…
The world is in search of solutions at a time when populations are growing, energy costs are on a permanent rise, climate change is no longer a fiction, and water and other resources are dwindling. Cities, previously the problem child of policy thinkers, have come…
It was said that “the 19th century was a century of empires; the 20th century was a century of nation states. The 21st century will be a century of cities.” Economic growth is increasingly driven less by capital and more by the density and availability…