MPI: Putting Malaysia on the Global Real Estate Investment Map

On the Breakfast Grille, Kumar Tharmalingam, CEO of Malaysia Property Incorporated, discusses:

-- MPI's mandate to drive investments in real estate into Malaysia and its role as a matchmaker between foreign investment queries and local property players

-- The international perception of Malaysian real estate

-- Competition from other real estate markets, in terms of attracting FDIs

-- MPI's report card and KPIs

-- Issues/concerns that potential investors have brought up previously about the Malaysian property market

-- Liveability in Malaysia; concerns over crime and safety

-- The perception that foreign buyers are impacting Malaysian property prices

-- His thoughts on if investors are putting off, or cautious about, buying into Malaysian real estate until after the elections

-- What's on his Budget 2013 wish list