13.7 million workers vulnerable


All smiles: Dr Wan Azizah with (from left) ISSA secretary general Hans-Horst Konkolewsky, ISSA president Dr Joachim Bruer, Human Resources Minister M. Kulasegaran and Human Resources Ministry secretary-general Datuk Amir Omar at the launch of the Regional Social Security Forum for Asia and the Pacific of the ISSA in Kuala Lumpur. — Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: About 13.7 million Malaysians  are still not covered by any form of social security protection, says Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

The Deputy Prime Minister said the figure was alarming and the situation needed to be addressed.

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