Stricter laws on living conditions

KUCHING: Enforcing stricter laws on foreign workers’ living conditions would help control the spread of the Covid-19 virus, said Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers Association (Sheda) Kuching chairman Sim Kiang Chiok. He said such enforcement was necessary to ensure employers in the construction industry were responsible in providing better accommodation and quarters for their […]

Lower housing prices after MCO

KUCHING: Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers’ Association (Sheda) Kuching branch chairman Sim Kiang Chiok anticipates that housing prices in Sarawak will stabilise albeit slightly lower once the movement control order (MCO) is lifted. “We had a few poor years prior to the MCO, and presently prices of properties have already adjusted downward with the […]

Going to be a tough year ahead

KUCHING: Property development is going to face difficulties as the economy will not be the same again due to the movement control order (MCO). Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers Association (Sheda) Kuching chairman Sim Kiang Chiok said for the manufacturing sector, the United States, Europe and India were all enforcing lockdowns; thus, he foresaw demand […]