09.02.2018 Views

news

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

Publication Date<br />

Headline<br />

Outlet<br />

URL<br />

Snippet<br />

05-Feb-2018<br />

Survey: Expats love ‘friendly’ Malaysia<br />

Free Malaysia Today Online<br />

Click to open<br />

PETALING JAYA: Malaysians’ friendliness has once again received the thumbs up from the<br />

expatriate community.<br />

The HSBC Expat Explorer survey said 61% of respondents said they found it easy to make<br />

friends in Malaysia.<br />

Malaysia’s score was above the global and regional figures of 53% and 55% respectively,<br />

according to the survey which involved more than 27,500 expatriates. HSBC Bank Malaysia<br />

Bhd announced the survey results in a statement today.<br />

“While Singapore has again been rated by expats as the best country in the world to live<br />

and work in, Malaysia offers simplicity and smooth transition for expats in finding<br />

accommodation (61%), organising healthcare (54%) and arranging childcare and schooling<br />

(52%).<br />

“In fact, once expats settle down, life continues to be positive for most of them, where more<br />

than half (55%) live in a better property than they would have had in their home country.<br />

This group also have the means to take more holidays and 28% of them have more<br />

domestic help, while 18% even say they donate more to charity,” The Edge Markets quoted<br />

HSBC Bank Malaysia as saying.<br />

The bank’s country head for retail banking and wealth management Lim Eng Seong said the<br />

survey showed that expatriates in Malaysia comprise mostly Europeans and those from<br />

East Asia.

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!