Kuala Lampur, April 9 -- Malaysia's construction sector is being asked to do something fundamentally different from what it did a decade ago.

It must build faster, safer, and more efficiently, while responding to rising expectations on sustainability, reporting, and long-term asset performance. Yet when it comes to financing, the construction sector is still too often forced to treat digitalisation and sustainability as separate upgrades instead of part of one integrated shift in how projects are delivered.

That is the real disconnect. Malaysia does not mainly face an ambition gap in construction. It faces a dire financing mechanism gap.

The financing gap behind sustainable construction

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