KUALA LUMPUR, 20 Sept 2019:
The government gives its assurance that citizenship will not be granted to foreigners who buy unsold luxury homes through the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme.
On the other hand, Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said, the government had only planned to offer a 10-year visa to potential buyers under certain conditions.
“There is no granting of MyKad or Permanent Resident (PR) document, just a 10-year visa and this will also be discussed at the Cabinet level.
“However, interested foreigners must have liquid assets in order to contribute to the country,” she said, adding that the home ownership campaign was open and not only limited to people from China and Hong Kong.
Recently, Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin proposed the home ownership campaign for foreign buyers under the MM2H to resolve the issue of unsold luxury homes as part of efforts to restore the country’s economy.
In another development, Dr Wan Azizah, who is also Women, Family and Community Development Minister, said seven states disagreed to raise the minimum age limit for marriage to 18 years.
The states are Sarawak, Pahang, Terengganu, Perlis, Negeri Sembilan, Kedah and Kelantan, she said.
At the meeting of the menteri besars and chief ministers in October last year, the government set the minimum age limit for marriage to 18 years, for both Muslims and non-Muslims, men and women in all states.
Dr Wan Azizah said the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) us currently in the midst of making amendments to the Islamic Family Law (Federal Territories) Act 1984 (Act 303) to raise the minimum age limit for marriage for women to 18 years.
“Application for underage marriage under the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976 (Act 164) has been tightened through the establishment of the standard operating procedure for minors that took into account the social and health aspects of the applicants.”
Dr Wan Azizah said Jakim was also coordinating with the states on the enactment of Islamic family law.
– Bernama