As living costs soar, nation’s dwindling birth rate gives rise to an ageing population

By Sofia Nasir  SHAH ALAM, Jan 17 — Yayasan Warisan Anak Selangor (Yawas) has received a total of 25,266 applications for its Iltizam Anak Selangor (Anas) initiative, which provides RM100 in savings annually for five years to Selangor-born children, since its launch in 2022.  Yawas corporate...

By Amar Shah Mohsen SHAH ALAM, Nov 11 — The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent major flooding in 2021 served as a lesson to the Selangor government on the importance of ensuring sufficient reserves, said Menteri Besar Dato' Seri Amirudin Shari. He said it was thanks to the healthy reserves that...

By Yasmin Ramlan  SHAH ALAM, Nov 14 — Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari stressed that only those born in Selangor will benefit from the state’s Iltizam Anak Selangor (Anas) programme, which provides RM100 in savings annually for five years.  He said while there are other initiatives...

By Norrasyidah Arshad SHAH ALAM, Aug 5 —  Each baby born in the state this year is eligible to receive benefits from the Iltizam Anak Selangor initiative that provides a saving of RM100 a year for five years. Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari said the programme with an allocation of RM3...

By Mustakim Ramli SHAH ALAM, Dec 2 — The initiatives offered by the state government through the 2022 Selangor Budget (#Selangor2022) have been acknowledged as being beneficial by many of its recipients with families. Private sector worker Fadhilul Izmel Ishak, 33, said as a father he had...