MALAYSIA has an unspoken category of poor – the kind that doesn’t qualify for aid, doesn’t show up in hardship headlines, and still looks “okay” on paper.
They are the young-parent households powering the urban economy. Two incomes. Two commutes. Two exhausted adults trying to keep one small human safe, fed and cared for – and discovering that modern parenting is basically a monthly payment plan.
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