Taman Lip Sin, which comes under the Bayan Baru parliamentary and Batu Uban state constituency, could see its neighbourhood transformed into a better living environment if the proposed Lip Sin Master Plan materialises.

Bayan Baru MP Sim Tze Tzin, who proposed master plan, was determined to improve the liveability of the neighbourhood.

“We have engaged a professional architect to conduct traffic assessment and design the area to be more pedestrian-friendly.

“We want to encourage people to walk instead of drive to nearby places.

“People are encouraged to walk to the nearby pocket parks, supermarket, and other areas in the vicinity,” he said in his speech during the ‘Jelajah ❤️ Penang’ programme in Bayan Baru parliamentary constituency yesterday.

Sim said the Lip Sin Master Plan proposal has been submitted to the state government for its consideration. He hoped for a positive response.

Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow, who was present alongside his team, praised Sim and Batu Uban assemblyman A. Kumaresan for initiating the Lip Sin Master Plan.

“The state will look into the plan. It is a good initiative. We will consider all aspects, including the cost, if the project gets the nod from the state.

“The community also plays a vital role through its involvement in such initiative,” he said.

Earlier, Chow was happy to fly the Jalur Gemilang in view of the National Day celebration end of this month.

Chow and his team had so far visited seven parliamentary constituencies under the ‘Jelajah ❤️ Penang’ programme. The parliamentary constituencies were Bukit Bendera, Tasek Gelugor, Kepala Batas, Permatang Pauh, Nibong Tebal, Balik Pulau, and Bayan Baru.

Among those present were Chow’s political secretary Teh Lai Heng, Lip Sin MPKK (Village Community Management Council) head Ngo Chee Yi and Taman Lip Sin Block 2 Committee chairman Lee Meng Jee.

Source: Buletin Mutaira

About Nusacinta @ Setia Fontaines

The second residential component to be launched in the 1,675-acre Setia Fontaines master-planned township development by SP Setia. This will be the first gated residential precinct located next to the 63-acre man-made lake with a musical fountain. It comprises a total of 294 landed residential units, offering a few types of landed houses with built-up size ranging from 1,332 sq.ft. up to 2,943 sq.ft. Indicative price starts from RM420,000 onwards.

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Penang’s newest landmark – Penang International Commercial City (PICC) by Hunza Properties Berhad is the Largest Smart Integrated City Development in Penang Island.

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PropertyGuru Malaysia announced that its Malaysia Property Market Report (MPMR) Q3 2022, powered by PropertyGuru DataSense, saw an expected trend of gradual improvements, with the overall demand index moving upwards by 7.93% QoQ, despite being in negative territory in the previous quarter.

The report registered upward trends in several areas such as the Property Sale Market Index, Demand Index, and Supply Index across the landed and high-rise sectors. The slight improvements can be attributed to the transition of the COVID-19 endemic stage, allowing for the reopening of borders and increased productivity, leading to better consumer confidence.

Sheldon Fernandez, Country Manager, Malaysia (PropertyGuru.com.my and iProperty.com.my), shared, “As expected, the property market in the second quarter of the year saw a gradual trend of improvements, although it may not be fully out of the woods yet. Several ongoing factors such as the rising inflation, increase in the Overnight Policy Rate and affordability issues weigh in on the market conditions. While we have seen more activity in the last quarter, it will take some time before consumers are more confident in making large property decisions. The full impact of these factors will most likely be seen in the current quarter’s performance.”

Rental Demand Continues to Increase Amid Rising Inflation

With the rising inflation of 3.4% as of June 2022 and the Overnight Policy Rate increase to 2.25% earlier this year, potential homebuyers may continue to be cautious in making large purchasing decisions.

This trend was also captured in the Malaysia Property Market Report Q3 2022, as rental demand continued on an upward trend, registering a 12.89% QoQ growth and a massive 96.83% YoY rise in Q2 2022. With the ongoing inflation and worries of rising purchasing costs taking effect, potential homebuyers will gravitate towards rental as a short-term alternative, and the rental market will likely continue to expand to the year’s second half.

Meanwhile, the Rental Price index saw an increase of 2.82% QoQ and 4.46% YoY in Q2 2022. The slow but steady growth of asking rental prices is also leading to growth in the supply of rental properties, as landlords will be taking the opportunity to leverage the rising demand trend and enthusiastically listing properties.

Various Factors Contributing to Ongoing Market Recovery

According to the Malaysia Property Market Report Q3 2022, landed properties outperformed high-rise properties, with the Landed Sale Price Index moving upwards by 1.32% QoQ and 5% YoY in Q2 2022. There was also an uptick of 1.91% QoQ and 7.31% YoY in supply, indicating a slight increase in confidence for both buyers and sellers at this point.

This is consistent with the latest market report published by the Valuation and Property Services Department in April 2022, highlighting that the overall volume of property transactions increased by a marginal 1.5%. This comes on the back of transaction values rising by a significant 21.7%. The report also shared that the residential sub-sector is the largest contributor accounting for 66.2% of transaction volume and 53.1% of the transaction value.

Adding on to the gradual improvements seen in the last quarter, the reopening of borders after a long period of restrictions has brought back the prospect of the market’s expansion to appeal to foreign buyers. Findings by the Malaysian Development Investment Authority (MIDA) had indicated that Singaporean property investors were among the top 3 foreign direct investors in 2017 when exchange rate conditions were favourable.

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The Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association (MSIA) celebrated Penang’s 50th anniversary of industrial excellence via a gala dinner at the Eastern & Oriental Hotel Monday evening.

The event was attended by some 300 members of the industry.

Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said technology is expected to bring transformation to the industry in the next decades.

“As we all have witnessed, digitalisation was accelerated globally during the Covid-19 pandemic. In Malaysia, the digital economy is expected to contribute 23% of the country’s GDP and create over 500,000 jobs by 2025.

“With that in mind, Penang pledges to make great strides in developing the digital economy ecosystem.

“This includes the readiness of physical and digital infrastructure, availability of workforce and enhancing the livability stature.

“These are critical to sustaining our status as the Silicon Valley of the East,” Chow said during his speech at the dinner.

Chow shared that the state has undertaken various efforts related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) to build a healthy talent pipeline to meet the industrial demands.

“I would like to ask for more industry support and partnership for our STEM initiatives to help cultivate an industry-ready talent pool in this fast-paced environment.

“The tripartite partnership (Public, Private and People) is critical in charting Penang’s path to become a high-income state as well as creating quality jobs.

“Together, we can make a huge leap forward, making the state shine on the world map of technology,” he added.

Chow said that Penang’s 50 years of industrialisation journey has impacted the local economy in terms of raising the state’s gross domestic product (GDP), uplifting the skill set of the local workforce, as well as having huge economic spill-over effects on the country.

He also added that the state government will be holding a grand dinner on Dec 2 to honour the industry pioneers who have laid the groundwork for Penang with regard to the E&E industry.

At the event, the launching of the MSIA ‘Silicone North’ map also took place.

Apart from that, several companies, namely TF-AMD, Motorola, Keysight Technologies, Intel Malaysia, Broadcom, Sanmina, and Agilent Technologies were recognised during the dinner.

Meanwhile, MSIA president Datuk Seri Wong Siew Hai lauded Penang for its successful 50 years of industrialisation journey.

“With the E&E powering the state for the past 50 years, the gross domestic product (GDP) has grown from RM964 million in 1972 to RM99 billion in 2021.

“This is equivalent to adding about RM2 billion every year to Penang’s economy for the past 50 years.

“The E&E ecosystem in Penang has been further strengthened by companies filling the gap in the E&E supply chain and existing E&E companies moving up the value chain,” Wong added.

The MSIA later contributed RM80,000 to Tech Dome Penang in supporting its STEM initiatives.

The mock cheque for the contribution was presented by Wong to Deputy Chief Minister II Prof Dr P. Ramasamy, who is also the Penang Human Resources, Education, Science and Technology Committee chairman.

Image Credit: Malaysia Semiconductor Industry Association (MSIA)

Source: Buletin Mutiara