uncomfortable with influx of too many foreigners,

I refer to your report, Sg Way folks uncomfortable with influx of too many foreigners, It is timely for the media to highlight the many instances where unscrupulous house owners, in search of a quick buck, rent their premises to foreigners at a high price, not regarding the number of occupants that are squeezed into a house, and the damage to the premises that they occupy and to its surroundings.

Unfortunately, Sungai Way is just a blip on the landscape. If the media and the authorities would just do a census of the occupants in Section 17 Petaling Jaya, for example, especially those single and double storey link houses, we would find that not less than 20% of those houses have become more like 'hostels for foreign workers, and Myanmar "political" asylum seekers, who nevertheless seem to be gainfully employed. Some of these foreign workers have started families too. Likewise for other sections like Section 14, etc.

In Section 11, one group of houses in Jalan 11/10 seem to be a favorite for groups of foreign workers, and you can observe that these houses** are dilapidated, dirty, with garbage strewn outside the houses, in plastic bags. The houses do not appear to have been maintained since they were built more than 40 years ago, and they are an eyesore, besides posing as a health hazard.

What sort of Transformation program are we boasting about, when all we think of is to keep increasing the number of cheap foreign workers into the country, but at the same time, not catering for their basic needs. We cannot hope to achieve high income status, just by increasing the minimum wage which will only benefit foreigners, which will not result in an economic spillover effect in local consumption and growth. {Foreigners remit their earnings back to their motherland}

In the case of Section 11, I have been told by the Councillor some years back that he intends to make Sections 11 &12 the model section in Petaling Jaya. All I can say to that is, "hahaha" come and look at Jalan 11/10, with unkempt road edges, backlanes and clogged drains. 

Foreign Invasion in Petaling Jaya