It's really bad.

The only thing management can do is issue lawyer letter to the owner's who defaulted in maintenance fee.

It's very common that the owners don't pay maintenance when they have no tenant or business no good. That's why the malls now rather rent & don't sell. So they can control the tenant & manage the property better.

If you can read Chinese.

Today's Sin Chew got a section which discussed about this problem.

Anyway, the conclusion is, the problem existed 40+ yrs & even the experts have no idea how to settle it once & for all.