
Retiring In Malaysia – From someone who’s seen a few expat retirement plans go very right…and a few go spectacularly wrong
By Glenn Emms When people start talking about retiring in Asia, Malaysia doesn’t always get mentioned first. Thailand usually steals the headlines. The Philippines gets the adventurous crowd. Singapore gets ruled out once people see the property prices and stop laughing. Then Malaysia quietly sneaks into the conversation. Usually after someone has spent a couple of weeks in Penang, eaten their body weight in street food, and realised they can live in a very nice apartment for less than what they used to spend on council tax and heating back home. I’ve lived in Asia long enough now to have…




