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Davison: No place like
Malaysia
12/02/2006 The Star By Sharyn Foo
PETALING JAYA: Having spent more
than 25 years travelling around the world, he’s probably been to more places
than many others have.
And Briton Andy Davison, 60, not only chose to settle in Malaysia under the
Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme but also set up website
www.mm2h.com to encourage more foreigners to move here.
“Malaysia has a real opportunity to become a preferred destination for
people wanting to retire in Asia because English is widely spoken, the
weather is attractive to many people, the cost of living is relatively low
and the people are very warm and hospitable.
Davison feeling very much at home with wife Lini and children (from left)
Sonya, Sisi and Mike.
“I very much enjoy this place, we all love it here and plan to stay as long
as I can get my work permits renewed,” said the former general manager of
American Express in Malaysia for six years, before he decided to move here.
Davison, a businessman, now resides with his 30-year-old Indonesian wife,
Lini, whom he met in this country. They have three children – Sonya, 14,
Sisi, seven, and Mike, two.
Davison, the founder of The Expat magazine and website www.expatkl.com hoped
all his subscribers would spread the beauty of this country to friends,
relatives and colleagues in their homeland.
He set up the MMH2 website with the help of a friend Chris Fletcher, an
Australian who is also living here under the programme.
“I started a column in The Expat magazine about MM2H and it generated many
enquiries from both regular readers and many visitors to Malaysia who saw
the magazine,” explained Davison on the idea behind the website.
Besides offering information on the programme and living in Malaysia, the
MM2H website also has a helpdesk to support and promote the programme.
“We appreciate the support we received from Tourism Malaysia, the
Immigration authorities and the Ministry of Finance,” he said.
Davison said there were also some complaints about the programme that were
given as feedback.
“Among the complaints received were on the frequent change in programme
rules, trusting the wrong people and difficulties in getting permission to
settle down in Sabah and Sarawak,” he said, referring to the different set
of rules and procedures.
“But most of them who visited the site wanted to know more about the MM2H
programme,” he said.
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