{"id":112890,"date":"2019-12-05T13:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T06:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-property-buyers-fall-in-love-with-malaysias-penang-and-stars-like-aaron-kwok-agree\/"},"modified":"2019-12-05T14:03:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T07:03:23","slug":"hong-kong-property-buyers-fall-in-love-with-malaysias-penang-and-stars-like-aaron-kwok-agree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-property-buyers-fall-in-love-with-malaysias-penang-and-stars-like-aaron-kwok-agree\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong property buyers fall in love with Malaysia\u2019s Penang and stars like Aaron Kwok agree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nHong Kong house buyers are looking around the Malaysian state of Penang, attracted by lower prices, regular flights and cheaper cost of living. And they\u2019re not alone: several Hong Kong celebrities have already made the move.\u201cHong Kong people buying properties in Penang is not something new. But the number has definitely accelerated now,\u201d said Michael Geh, president of International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI) Malaysia. \u201cFor the past five years, there had been quite a number of retired\u2026&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/asia\/southeast-asia\/article\/3040726\/hong-kong-property-buyers-fall-love-malaysias-penang-and\" target=\"_blank\">Hong Kong property buyers fall in love with Malaysia\u2019s Penang and stars like Aaron Kwok agree<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Hong Kong house buyers are looking around the Malaysian state of Penang, attracted by lower&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-tmO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18136,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/despite-malaysias-property-slump-things-are-looking-up-in-penang\/","url_meta":{"origin":112890,"position":0},"title":"Despite Malaysia\u2019s property slump, things are looking up in Penang","date":"June 30, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The Malaysian state\u2019s skyline is shifting View from Penang Hill. 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