KUALA LUMPUR: A higher poverty line would better measure poverty rates in a high-income nation, says Deputy Minister of International Trade and Investment Dr Ong Kian Ming.
"As wages climbed and we became a middle-income nation, we didn’t increase the standard for what is considered decent living above the poverty line.
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