Emigrants: Swiss couple build their dream home in Malaysia

Peter Holzer (71) has always been cosmopolitan and eager to travel. Shortly after recruiting school, he said goodbye to Switzerland for the first time and lived in Australia for four years. There he met his current wife Gin in 1971.

The couple got married in Papua New Guinea, where Holzer worked in a planning office. In 1974 they moved back to Switzerland and built up a living in the flower trade. “We imported cut flowers that were processed into bouquets and arrangements, and supplied department store chains, wholesalers and around 400 flower shops,” says the Blick reader.

The couple worked successfully all over Europe from Switzerland for 26 years and raised their two children here.

A new beginning after a difficult time

A severe blow in the family changed everything. When the couple’s adult son died in late 2000, they sold their business and villa and moved to Gin’s homeland, Singapore, and later to Kuala Lumpur for two years.

The couple has been living on Langkawi, an archipelago with 99 islands in Malaysia, near the Thai border in the southern Andam Sea, for thirteen years. “The death of our son was a difficult time for us and we had to somehow get over this loss,” says Gin Holzer.

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