PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia more than halved its poverty statistics over the past three years, with the number of poor people now standing at less than 110,000 nationwide, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop.
He said the country’s overall poverty rate dropped to 1.7% in 2012, compared to 3.8% in 2009.
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