for senior citizens

Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said that at the same time the ministry is formulating the policy for senior citizens.

Raj Munni Sabu said a special team was established in March to realise the drafting of a law specifically for senior citizens.

RM305 million is provided for the Orang Asli community next year compared with RM274 million this year, Tengku Zafrul said.

MoF said the Department of Statistics Malaysia projected 7.3 pct of the total population will reach the age of 65 and above by 2022.

Malaysia is expected to be an ageing nation in just eight years but facilities for senior citizens are still lacking and leave much to be desired.

There are now more than 2,000 onsite PPVs, 177 offsite PPVs and 221 outreach PPVs run by PPS and health NGOs under ProtectHealth.

The Pahang government today launched a health card programme for senior citizens in the state, with an annual allocation of RM10 million and involving 18,000 recipients.

MOH will be starting to administer COVID-19 vaccine booster dose to senior citizens aged 60 and above and frontliners who have completed vaccination at least six months ago.

The government had also planned to expand the service of Senior Citizen Centre to all parliamentary constituencies in line with the concept of Keluarga Malaysia

Wee said driving competency should not be measured based on age and there were many factors that contributed to road accidents.

Walk-in vaccination for senior citizens aged 60 and above will be extended throughout the country from next week, said PICK Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

Individuals aged 60 and above in the Klang Valley will soon be allowed to walk into a vaccination centre (PPV) and get their COVID-19 jab.

Khairy says after the Dependent Registration launch tomorrow, people can register on behalf of their mothers, fathers, grandparents.

Age is not a factor for senior citizens to join in the National Day celebration along with 15,000 others.

Of the total, more than 60,000 were concession cards for senior citizens, students and people with disability (OKU), Prasarana Malaysia Berhad (Prasarana) said in a statement today.

The United States, part of the G7, has rejected the ICC decision, with President Joe Biden describing it as outrageous.

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Judges are reviewing TikTok's challenge to a law requiring ByteDance to sell its US assets by Jan. 19 or face a ban.

In Washington, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said, "We're close" but "nothing is done until everything is done".

Chaebols are prominent figures from South Korea's family-owned conglomerates.

The implementation of the RON95 subsidy in 2025 is expected to provide savings of RM3.6 billion to government expenditure.

Dr Mohd Afzanizam says the market responded positively to news of hedge fund manager Scott Bessent heading the US Treasury Department.

Also among the highlights, UNICEF report on 12.3pct of teenagers in Klang Valley's PPR face mental health issues and suicidal tendencies.

Here are the resolution's main terms, and a note about subsequent violations and tensions.

So far this year there have been 281 aid worker victims, according to the Aid Worker Security database.