QUOTE(Holyboy27 @ Apr 18 2017, 12:55 AM)
Would like some clarification on the bolded statements
1. Influx of foreigners
Blue or white collar?
Intake of blue collar workers is heavily controlled recently after the 6m Bangladheshi workers drama.
With the downward economic trend, are there as many white collar human resources being imported?
2. Are people gathering more in big cities as in moving to stay there on a permanent basis or just during working hours?
Perhaps there may be an increasing trend of people travelling to and fro the big cities from nearby towns, Seremban/Semenyih - KL.
3. What kinds of companies are closing down in smaller states? How many job opportunities did they provide?
I do think that for certain segments e.g manufacturing and plantation, smaller or underdeveloped states/outskirts may actually be more strategic since
- area/ha is relatively cheaper
- local blue collar workers are more easily sourced
4. I'm not sure the hardcore poor can afford Pr1ma.
1.The slowdown of foreign workers just temporary, wait until the heat cool off. it's a minister's cash cow, no way they will let the milk stop flowing.
generally you see more blue collars, which will fill in the void for the low end properties as local hardcore poor move into Pr1ma and other cheaper housing. they won't buy, but they will rent, so the value will still be relevant, as for low end properties people aim for rental gains rather than sales.
locals that aren't bottom 10% will still look for decent properties, and since land is limited, so are their choices even if new properties are being built, still cannot cope with influx of folks moving from other states.
2.Most are, look at CNY & Hari Raya, many folks no longer balik kampung coz whole family including young & old already moved to KL. as small town jobs getting lesser, you expect more people moving into bigger cities. even Penang has lost lots of job opportunities and many are moving to KL. and don't forget, Sabah & Sarawak, many younger people are moving here too. just my place there's quite a few Q plated cars. don't think they plan to move back, due to the place being underdeveloped, and the recent political tension between Indonesia/Phillipines, and also China military vessels. if war were to break out, Sabah & Sarawak will be the main battlefield. so yes, more people will move to bigger cities, and i mean KL or JB.
older people with family may stay in Seremban work in KL, but younger ones won't.
3.Mostly tech companies in big cities are affected, this in turn snowball down to downstream, many operates in smaller town. with operation cost rise with inflation/removed subsidies/increased minimum wage/increased material cost, many business are facing hard times right now, and with smaller town companies, their market is smaller, as such they won't be able to hold too long. manufacturing requires close to port & to clients, if you are in rural place where transportation is a problem, even with cheap operation cost no one will move there, unless China builds a highspeed rail connecting these places. Plantation, maybe, who's willing to work there if not foreigners?
4.Hardcore poor can't afford anything. They #RentForLife.