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The market’s shifted trend of wanting highly finished developments too is raising the need
and income levels of the skilled and educated worker.
within the ‘Skema Kiri’ terms would
be accepted; the potential for direct
rentals will lead to higher returns.
In our initial recommendations for
the Skema Kiri, which was actually
instigated by the MDA, we had rec-
ommended to the Housing Author-
ity that they give out priority cards to
owners, landlords or developers so
that if there would be a slow-down
of sorts, those participants in this
social effort would be given priori-
ty for benefits over those who would
not have made properties available
to this initiative.
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SCHOOLING FOR SKILLED
WORKERS lighting, concealed air-conditioning
and so forth are almost pre-requisites.
Whereas in the near past, developments
were often sold in shell form, develop-
ments are hardly sold unfinished any
more, and this is brought about by how
busy today’s buyers are and also due to
the fact that any money saved in fin-
ishing property is offset by the cost of
renting, or the opportunity cost of not
operating the property in question. It
is also a question of market trends: to-
day elements such as soffits, tiling, par-
quet, plastering, wallpapering, LED Moving into the educational sphere, I
believe it is worth underlining why it is
important to understand the dire need
of having an immediate and constant
availability of skilled workers and trad-
ers … and therefore there is a need to
reopen the trade schools. While pro-
fessions of lawyers and architects, for
example, are very commendable, it is
not good for us to continue to en-
courage and direct our children only
to these kinds of academic careers.
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