ALL parties must stop the polemic over the issue of unsold luxury properties in the country, as they are being promoted abroad under the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme.

Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Raja Kamarul Bahrin Shah Raja Ahmad Baharuddin Shah said the MM2H was not a new programme, having been established in 2002.

“There is a confusion… the glut of luxury houses is not being promoted under the Home Ownership Campaign (HOC) but through MM2H. The people need not worry as the MM2H will not affect house ownership by them.

“The primary focus of the ministry is still on providing affordable homes for Malaysians. This is our commitment,” he said after opening a Merdeka @Komuniti programme for Terengganu’s Chinese community at Kg Cina in Kuala Terengganu last night.

About 400 members of the Chinese community in Terengganu attended the function organised by the Information Department in conjunction with the National Month celebrations.

On Thursday, Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin had said that the sales of houses priced at more than RM1 million would be carried out under the MM2H campaign and not through the HOC.

She had said the MM2H programme was open to all foreigners, while China and Hong Kong were singled out as the price of properties there were very high.

With the explanation, Raja Bahrin hoped the people would not be easily influenced by opposition, which he said was taking advantage of the situation to create confusion. – Bernama, September 14, 2019.