age-friendly cities

WHAT MAKES AN AGE-FRIENDLY CITY?

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Slide from Dr John Beard’s presentation on “Age-Friendly Cities” at the recent World Congress on Healthy Ageing held in KL. Dr Beard is Director of Ageing and Life Course at WHO. In 2007, the World Health Organization published the Global Age-Friendly Cities Guide. It was the culmination of a project based on constructive feedback from […]

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NO ALLOCATIONS FOR THE ELDERLY IN 2010 BUDGET

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Senior citizens are left out again in the 2010 Budget. The PM has delivered his 2010 budget speech. No mention whatsoever was made of any allocation to meet the needs of the older people. On the other hand, the PM’s wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s Permata programme was given a boost of RM100 million allocation

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