EDITOR’S MESSAGE
EDITORIAL
The ideas of March, or so it seems.....
NADIA GIDEON, Editor-In-Chief
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hen it comes to writing, I’m not confined to strictly one style and within a certain ‘genre,’ I can stretch in so many directions because I understand that each approach requires a unique point of view and style. And that is what I love so much about this job. The team and I enjoyed putting together the March issue of Property Insight because it was a challenge with most people away on a twoweek break for the Chinese New Year holidays, but it became a challenge that we took on. And we think it has come together pretty nicely. Our cover story involves an old player with a new name. Thriven, once known as Mulpha, is not new to the property game, but it has definitely gained in momentum with new and innovative ideas. CEO of Thriven Ghazie, is as charming as he is sophisticated, I’m not sure who had more fun, our writer Natasha who was writing the story or Ghazie himself. Both were just as enthused about the idea. Our Area Focus story takes us to Puchong, where our writer Fara experienced such ease of accessibility and it took her less than 10 minutes to get to a few places within the area. Puchong is indeed developing at a quick pace, there is no doubt about it. Prices for properties
in Puchong have risen to more than double in the last few years. Read her story on Puchong, it gets more interesting by the minute. Our main feature this month is a hip and happening story in the travel industry. AirBnB has taken flight and is not about to land anytime soon. Speaking to a few hosts, we dug deep into how these owners started and where they want to be in a few years. Our writer Avinash took a ride on the Ampang LRT and has a story to tell us on how it will impact its users as well as each of the stations surrounding areas. It’s a must read for those who are looking for the next investment hotspot. Don’t miss it. Do you identify with a certain genre? Or do you shun labels altogether? Well, we have now included a section for Gen-Y investors and we have called it Gen-Y on the Block, like Jenny, only with less curves. I hope you have fun reading our March issue, we definitely had fun putting it together, and as always, we do that with you in mind. Write to us and tell us your thoughts. We welcome any feedback you may have, perhaps even suggestions of topics you might have in mind that might be interesting to our readers.
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