EXCLUSIVE: Tourism Minister on MM2H promotion and issues

The Star

Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing speaks to The Star and Sinar Harian on the revised Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme for frequent foreign travellers to the country.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00We have three categories, we have sewers, we have coals, and we have peritoneum.

00:15Coals and peritoneum, we use them for high-end meals, especially the peritoneum.

00:21We ask them if they have a house.

00:24If they have a house, what do we do?

00:27If they don't have a house, they will accuse us of having a hotel.

00:30We are all liars.

00:32We tell them, if you buy a house, it will last for at least 10 years.

00:38Why?

00:39If you buy and sell it, you are just accelerating the market price.

00:44You and I can't buy a house.

00:4910 years, we say you can't sell it.

00:56You can.

00:57For example, you buy a house for Rp. 500,000.

01:01Tomorrow, you want to sell this house.

01:03You buy another house for Rp. 550,000.

01:06You can.

01:07Or if you feel that this house is not beautiful,

01:11you can sell it for Rp. 500,000.

01:15You can.

01:16Provided you have another agreement.

01:18For example, we have MA2H.

01:21We have the lower side, but it can only last for an hour.

01:27You cannot do others.

01:28Maybe the co-side, we try to look at it.

01:31If necessary, we will bring it to the Cabinet for some adjustment.

01:38What is the role of MN2H in Malaysia?

01:42In politics, everyone wants to sabotage.

01:47Everyone wants to reverse the story.

01:49That's why they make complications.

01:51If we say that MN2H is not good, Thailand doesn't have MN2H.

01:57It's just a different name.

01:59Indonesia doesn't have it.

02:02Vietnam doesn't have it.

02:04Singapore doesn't have it.

02:05We don't have to be too worried about the people coming to stay in Malaysia.

02:14As long as they are disciplined, they are safe,

02:20they stay, spend the money, we are welcome to help our economy grow.

02:25What is the role of MN2H in Malaysia?

02:28At least if you want a business, you must meet certain criteria.

02:33I look at the account, I know it's a scam.

02:36So that means you make out the account.

02:38So that means you are playing a donkey's job.

02:40Tomorrow, if you go to the marketing department, you are actually scamming people.

02:44I cancelled the license.

02:46If they are overcharged, I will not release the company.

02:50I will release the director also.

02:52They cannot repeat things all day because the Malaysian name is tarnished.

02:56What is the role of MN2H in Malaysia?

03:01I don't know how it is, but we already sent a WhatsApp message.

03:04I think they made some adjustments, but I don't know what the final term is.

03:07They haven't come to us yet, we don't know.

03:10We encourage them to stay longer.

03:14It's better for us, for our economy to accelerate, for our economy to grow.

03:18Anywhere in the country, they are promoting in that way.

03:21In Dubai also, they are the MN2H.

03:24They also encourage people to stay and to hang out there.

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