Turning experience into a national asset

Purpose: Retirees can play an important role as mentors. — 23rf

THE recent comment by Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri R. Ramanan that retirees should “retire from work, not from life” is timely and encouraging (“‘Retire from work, not life’: Ramanan says retirees can still be mentors”, The Star, Oct 22; online at bit.ly/star_seniorlife).

His proposal to engage retirees as mentors reflects an important reality: Retirement does not diminish a person’s value, expe­rience, or ability to contribute to society.