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There is a need to move away from blanket subsidies and adopt a lifecycle approach to broaden social protections for Malaysians.

Ahead of the tabling of #Belanjawan2025, how well have the social security measures from #Belanjawan2024 protected Malaysians from economic vulnerability? Have they truly delivered, or is there a need for more targeted reforms? Tonight on #ConsiderThis, Melisa Idris speaks with Professor Datuk Norma Mansor, Director of Universiti Malaya’s Social Wellbeing Research Centre, and Balqais Yusoff, Head of the Policy and Strategy Department at EPF.

The roadshows will provide information on the Housewives' Social Security Scheme to company employees and women from the B40 group.

Anthony Loke said, the move was to provide social protection to taxi and school bus drivers in the event of an accident.

Registering with PADU is to ensure that eligible individuals do not miss out on targeted subsidies, assistance and social protection.

EPF through the Ministry of Finance Malaysia has brought forth the proposal for Cabinet approval, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Social welfare must be aligned with social security so that both are mutually complementary and reinforcing.

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said this is to boost growth and strengthen the foundations of the country's economy.

Zainal Abidin said in previous budgets, there were coordination problems in implementing social protection programmes.

A national policy on social protection will be formulated, going forward, as a comprehensive framework to provide social assistance and protection to the various targeted groups.

The government would focus on facilitating employment, re-employment, and social protection as well as targeted assistance to provide the optimum social safety net for vulnerable groups.

Malaysia should urgently reform its social protection system to ensure the people would not face serious financial hardship in the future.

The government has agreed to prepare the Malaysian Family Insurance Scheme to provide social protection to the 268,000 families in the poor and hardcore poor categories.

New and innovative social protection solutions are urgently required to strike a balance between the provision of safety nets, promote financial resilience and human capital development.

A Welfare State can be instrumental in achieving this aspect or dimension of the Keluarga Malaysia philosophy.

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Widespread shortages and months of grinding war have generated a trade in old clothing, mostly salvaged from homes of people who have died.

The guardians collect, trade and plant hundreds of seeds to preserve forgotten varieties of tomatoes, corn and other vegetables.

Mobile phones have become indispensable, yet their impact on road safety remains insufficiently examined.

ASEAN is stepping up to create a more secure regional cyberspace.

Putting meat on people's plates is a significant contributor to global warming.

Some delegates gave the deal a standing ovation in the COP29 plenary hall. Others lambasted wealthy nations for not doing more.

She said the state government must have valid reasons for the proposal but declined to elaborate further.

The kingdom has witnessed some of the biggest peaceful rallies across the region as anti-Israel sentiment runs high over the war in Gaza.

Over 3,600 people have been killed by Israeli attacks in Lebanon so far.