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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 5): The government has relaxed its rules for existing participants of the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme after industry backlash to the revised criteria.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 2): The new requirements for the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) scheme may not necessarily bring in "better quality" participants, The Star reported MCA spokesman Mike Chong saying yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 1): Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme is reopening today, but the excitement for the much-awaited reopening has been dampened by the lack of clarity concerning its revised regulations, said EdgeProp Malaysia editor-in-chief and managing director Au Foong Yee.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 29): Up to 1,822 Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) participants left the country for good between 2015 and 2019, Malaysiakini reported findings in the Auditor-General's Report 2019 Series 2.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 29): Coordination between the Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry (MOTAC) and the relevant ministries and agencies have to be enhanced in overseeing the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme, stated the Auditor-General's Report 2019 Series 2 This can be done by setting up an integrated system to boost the “effectiveness of the implementation, monitoring and evaluation” of MM2H, suggested the report, according to a coverage by the Malaysiakini news portal.

PETALING JAYA (Sept 25): The latest announcement on Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) has given an assurance to existing MM2H visa holders that the new rules will not affect their status, but industry stakeholders requested for more clarity and a review of the stringent rules.

The furore over new and stiffer conditions attached to the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme is unfortunate, if not unnecessary.

Citing an internal survey, Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) Consultant Association president Anthony Liew said 90% of the existing MM2H visa holders would not renew their visas if the new terms were applied to them.

He has been in Malaysia for the past seven years, but the chairman of “Hongkongers in Malaysia” Facebook group Gary Crestejo only applied for the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) visa two years ago.

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