Perils of an ageing Malaysian society


  • Business
  • Saturday, 05 Nov 2016

Tighter rules: A EPF member walks into the pension fund’s headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. The EPF has tightened withdrawal rules in a bid to encourage higher savings at the point of employees reaching retirement age

IT came as a shock during a recent briefing for editors when we were told that Malaysia was heading towards being classified as an “ageing society” by the year 2035.

That is some 19 years away.

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