Filepic of a people's housing project
PETALING JAYA: Children living in low-cost housing or People's Housing Projects (PPRs) in Kuala Lumpur (KL) face high rates of poverty and malnutrition compared with the national average, a Unicef study revealed.
Titled "Children without: A study of urban child poverty and deprivation in low-cost flats in Kuala Lumpur", the study also noted that poverty impairs the education opportunities of children living in low-cost flats.
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