8,505 Sarawakian senior citizens sign up for Kenyalang gold card

Kuching South mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng (right) handing over Kenyalang Gold Card application forms to the Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Ministry while its minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah (centre) looks on. ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE / THE STAR

KUCHING: Some 8,505 Sarawakian senior citizens have signed up for the state's Kenyalang Gold Card since applications opened this month.

State Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the Kuching division had the highest number of applicants with 3,010, followed by Sibu (1,641) and Miri (873).