Kula: Govt will study proposals

For cleaner air: Kulasegaran (in blue), Ahmad Suaidi (on Kulasegaran’s right) and other officials watching schoolchildren planting trees at D.R. Seenivasagam park in Ipoh, Perak.

IPOH: The government will study the suggestion by the Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) to raise the mandatory retirement age to 65, said Human Resources Minister M. Kulasegaran.

Kulasegaran said MTUC’s suggestion for a cost of living allowance (Cola) of RM500 for all workers would also be discussed at the same time.