MM2H Available to Foreign Spouses of Malaysians

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hi,

Today's article in The Star where mm2h has been extended to include the foreign spouses of Malaysians:

26 May 2010 : Cabinet nod a boost for Malaysia My Second Home Programme.
"The Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme will be made available to foreign spouses of Malaysians from next Tuesday. Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen said this was approved in the last Cabinet meeting. She said her ministry and the Immigration Department would study the terms and conditions for these applicants. Once approved, they would get a 10-year visa like any other MM2H participants, she said.

“Like other MM2H participants, they will be subjected to all the conditions. “However, they will not be entitled to the duty- free car as enjoyed by other MM2H participants whereby both are foreigners,” Dr Ng told the media upon arrival at Heathrow Airport yesterday morning for a three-day official visit here.

There are 13,317 MM2H participants from 2002 to last year.

On another matter, Dr Ng said: “A clean and green Malaysia” would be her ministry’s focus this year. Under the theme “Think Tourism, Act Tourism, 1Malaysia Clean, 1Malaysia Green” she said: “It is all about no littering, clean hawker centres, clean taxis and so on.”

Dr Ng said the Cabinet Committee on Tourism chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on Monday also decided to set up a task force to promote parks and gardens in Malaysia as a new tourism product. “This is set to be a major new economic growth as we are going to look at it as a whole component,” she said. Dr Ng said parks and gardens were a major tourist attraction overseas and they enjoyed many repeat tourists, especially from retirees and nature lovers.
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http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/5/26/nation/6338225&sec=nation

Good idea about the Parks and Gardens. Err . . . more leaning ugly pointed pointless arches? As long as the parks and gardens have real plants in them. My spot in Perak has more fluorescent green plastic lit-up coconut trees than the real things. Even the monkeys avoid them.

How about removing the crudely-designed Penang Botanical Garden's arches, and building a glass conservatory along the lines of Paxton. And a temperate house etc. etc.

Or save loadascash and use the already levelled area as grain terraces, examples of the different types and styles of paddy - very SE Asian.

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Hi Scott, I've been away and today, I just read this article.  On this particular part,  Dr Ng says 'they will not be entitled to the duty- free car as enjoyed by other MM2H participants whereby both are foreigners'.   I take it to mean this applies for foreign spouses of Malaysians, and not to participants of both foreigners.  Is that right or not!  Sorry if I asked stupid questions!
Regards, concy

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hi, concy,

I've re-read the item and there's been a group discussion amongst 4 of us. The consensus is that it means a foreign spouse of a Malaysian can apply for MM2H but isn't allowed the tax-free car.

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Thank you Scott for your confirmation.  Its a relief!  Have a wonderful weekend. Regards Concy