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PETALING JAYA: A total of 1,793 households comprising 7,332 people were living in hardcore poverty as of Dec 31, says federal territories minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa. Zaliha said based on national ...
Unicef said 95 per cent of the children from low-income households surveyed live in relative poverty ... low-cost public housing schemes across Kuala Lumpur between October and November last ...
“The highest increase in household absolute poverty occurred in Kuala Lumpur (6,774 households), Kuala Muda (5,229), and Kota Kinabalu (5,117),” it said. The report attributes the increases to ...
The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has long been regarded as one of the biggest benefits of full-time employment, especially ...
Scores of people in Malaysia were being treated in hospitals … after a huge fire broke out at a gas pipeline operated by state energy giant Petronas, showering flaming debris from the sky and ...
From Feb. 7 to 13, leaders from across the globe gathered in Kuala Lumpur to implement a bold New Urban Agenda at World Urban Forum 9. Adopted last year at Habitat III in Quito, Ecuador, the New Urban ...
Anwar also said that after the government had successfully eradicated hardcore poverty in Kuala Lumpur and Negeri Sembilan, he is now awaiting a comprehensive report from Selangor within two weeks ...
helping raise incomes and reduce poverty. But urban sprawl, high motorization rates and inadequate public transport led to congestion and low usage of public transport. Only 17% of commuters in Kuala ...