The government says it wants a more sustainable retirement system. It is considering shifting new civil service hires to the Employees Provident Fund and proposing to raise the retirement age to 65.
But in a country like Malaysia with vast income gaps and rising eldercare needs, are we designing systems that work only for the few?
Astro Awani’s Melisa Idris talks to Dr Rahimah Ibrahim, the director of UPM’s Malaysian Research Institute on Ageing, better known as MyAgeing.
Produced by: Astro Awani
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