Embracing an ageing population


As an ageing nation, a country will normally experience an increase in life expectancy due to better healthcare services and living standards, as well as a decline in the fertility rate.

The patterns of declining fertility rate and expansion in life expectancy have started to become more obvious in Malaysia.

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