President Trump’s senior White House advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner met with business groups, pro-immigration advocates and immigration reduction groups for weeks to make recommendations on a way forward on immigration. Last week, President Trump outlined a broad overview of his immigration vision. The plan’s priorities ranged from more effective border security to implementing a merit-based immigration entry system, thereby moving away from low-skilled, family migration and the diversity lottery which randomly selects 50,000 foreign nationals for permanent residency each year. During his speech, President Trump said that 87 percent of immigrants arrive either as lottery winners, relatives or have been admitted for humanitarian relief reasons. As President Trump said, his plan would achieve “two critical goals.” It would stop illegal immigration, and it would create a merit-based “Build America” visa. Certainly, the speech outlined a commendable step forward in updating … [Read more...] about Why Trump’s Immigration Plan Is Bad News For The Middle Class
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After The Forum
This article first appeared in City & Country, The Edge Malaysia Weekly, on July 25, 2022 - July 31, 2022. - A + A Additional questions from those who attended The Edge Malaysia RealTalk 2022 were sent via email after the event. Here are the responses from the speakers. Anthony Lee 1. I was recently informed by the joint management office that the unit on the 15th floor has a water leak and it is due to water dripping from the common toilet. May I know who is responsible for repairing this sewerage pipe/water leak? In strata properties, water leaks or seepages that emanate from a higher floor that affect the floor below may be termed as an inter-floor leakage. The source of water leakage is usually the bathrooms, toilets, sewerage, water pipes or roofing, resulting in water stains, paint damage, mould or bio-hazardous wastewater. Unfortunately, inter-floor leakage has become a serious and recurring systemic problem in high-rise … [Read more...] about After The Forum
Overseas market drawing local investors in endemic phase, says JLL
This article first appeared in City & Country, The Edge Malaysia Weekly, on July 25, 2022 - July 31, 2022. - A + A The overseas market — especially the UK and Australia and even Japan — is drawing Malaysian investors. The appetite for international projects is good especially since most international borders have reopened, observed JLL Property Services (M) Sdn Bhd country head Y Y Lau during the session entitled “Investing in Overseas Projects” at The Edge Malaysia RealTalk 2022 forum. Lau was joined in the session by JLL global residential agency senior negotiator Chong Shu Ling. Both explored the complexities, prospects and outlook of foreign investments. “There’s been a pickup in activity … especially with the markets in the UK, Australia, Japan and Portugal recently. Nonetheless, with overseas investments, we believe that investors will have to take on a more median [long-term] approach,” said Lau. “It is important to be clear in your … [Read more...] about Overseas market drawing local investors in endemic phase, says JLL