Saturday, August 19, 2006

Tourism: Bangladesh's rich make Malaysia their second home

The New Straits Times, has an article written by June Ramli and R.S. Kamini, that looks at well off Bangladeshis who have made Malaysia their second home.

Bangladeshi expatriates are in fact the second-largest group of foreigners who have signed up for the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme with 1,088 participants. The programme has seen a total of 8,708 participants to date.

Tourism Malaysia director-general Datuk Kamaruddin Siaraf said Chinese expatriates constituted the largest group with 1,756, while the third largest group were British, with 655 participants.

Full article: Malaysia My Second Home programme: Bangladesh's rich settling here