Youth committees to train tomorrow’s leaders


Young people from Village Community Management Councils and Women and Family Development Committee playing a board game at the youth centre in Kampung Simpah. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

PENANG will set up Youth Committees (JBPP) in all its 40 state constituencies to empower the younger generation.

Penang youth and sports committee chairman Soon Lip Chee said the committees would complement the existing Village Community Management Councils and the Women and Family Development Committee to provide better and more inclusive community development.

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