The only class that exists is human class; the rest is human creation,” says Think City Sdn Bhd managing director Hamdan Abdul Majeed in a recent interview with City & Country, when asked about improving the quality of life in Malaysia’s public housing.

“There is a social stigma that children from public housing should grow up in a certain way, and it is a territorial stigmatisation. The more you stigmatise and draw the line, the more divided society will become … Any form of distinction should be by merit and intellect.”