The concept of quality of life is much wider than the standard of living material living condition. It correspondingly includes working condition, the degree of social integration, health and education whether people are particularly fragile economically or not (Al bouy et.al, 2010). But, the effects of quality of life in every places or city may v

This paper discusses the unlawful occupation of State land in Malaysia and its implications. This paper identifies the types and the nature of unlawful occupation of State land or Government land. The study is to provide an overview and descriptive analysis of the situation and the efforts done by the local authorities in addressing the issues. It

Provision and strategic location of schools are the national educational agenda of Malaysia. Schools must follow various legislative and guidelines provision as guided by the Ministry of Education. However, there exists mismatch of number of pupils and teachers in some schools, resulting in ineffective delivery of academic curricula, less than sati

The quality of life (QOL) is a subjective matter that diversely defined by scholars. Since 1930s researchers from various fields have expressed an interest in the definition of QOL including of investigating and measuring of QOL using different methods. Over the last four decades, Malaysia has made remarkable achievements regarding its economic gro

This paper examines the issue of housing affordability in the most developed state in Malaysia namely Selangor, looking within the context of housing as a need to every individual and increasing the quality of housing will improve peoples’ quality of life. In Malaysia, housing policies have focused primarily on demand side and this has led to unr

The objective of this paper is to determine factor influencing housing price in Perak. The study found that there are five factors which influenced the drastic increases in housing price in Perak. Factors identified namely the absence of control and monitoring of housing project, developers’ tendency to develop land on piecemeal, the independent

Malaysia has a (64%) majority Muslim population. It is imperative that Islamic schools be provided because vernacular schools have limited curriculum capacity to accommodate the Islamic teachings on daily basis. Hence, examining the provision of Islamic schools, their physical conditions and educational facilities, including laboratories and librar

Housing serves one of basic human needs. Hence housing quality positively relates to human well-being. This paper explores factors influencing housing demand in Perak. Issue: In Perak, the housing supply has yet to respond to the increasing housing demand with regards to the rising population. Aim: The aims of this research is to assess the current

Housing Affordability is one of the major concerns for the State Government of Perak. Affordable housing is important as it has become an absolute necessity of residents, especially for B40 income households’ population in Perak. In Perak, the soaring house prices have made it almost impossible for the middle-income group to afford a home. The dr

Homeownership has been the ultimate goal of every human being worldwide. The needs of the housing can be considered a necessity to the human being, to shelter and safeguard themselves for privacy as well as any dangers that can affect their life beings. Therefore the housing ownership issue has become one of the major problems that are faced by all