Rebranding PKNS

PKNS, or the Selangor State Development Corp, is a name that used to be synonymous with social housing. Its operations way back in the 1960s tend to be rather localised. Today, the state housing corporation has made its foray into Australia. Yes, many things have changed ... Its general manager talks to StarBizWeek's Choong En Han.

HAVING been in existence since 1964, the Selangor State Development Corp (PKNS) started building single-storey affordable housing that cost less than RM20,000 in Petaling Jaya decades ago. But over the decades, things have changed. Whether these changes are for the better of the company, or for the strata of people it once used to serve, is debatable.