Residential tenancy woes

Savills Malaysia Sdn Bhd group managing director Datuk Paul Khong says the proposed RTA is a good legal platform to assist in addressing and resolving tenancy issues and to safeguard the interests of both landlords and tenants equitably.

ALAN, a 22-year-old technician who’s renting an apartment in Kuala Lumpur with his mother, rides home from work everyday on his motorcycle while juggling bottles of water.

The piping in his apartment is in urgent need of being replaced – something his landlord has agreed to fix.