In the past, buying a home was among a set of milestones that an individual should achieve in adulthood. However, in the recent decade, the reality of homeownership is slowly
When the pandemic hit, many households in Malaysia faced a rude awakening about their financial state. Even prior to the pandemic, many low-income families and some middle-income families were already
Frank Steward Panting Sa dreams of becoming a teacher in the future. When he received the invitation to attend an online admission interview for Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), he
The human resources minister, M. Saravanan, announced that the minimum wage is set to increase to “around RM 1,500 a month” before the end of 2022. However, the increase in
At the peak of the pandemic, 826,100 Malaysians (5.2% unemployment rate) were out of jobs and many of them were fresh graduates[1]. At the same time, migrant workers were forced
Agriculture is a vital sector in Malaysia’s economy, contributing 7.4% to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2020[1], and over the years, it employs about 16% of the workforce[2].
At the start of the pandemic, industries and companies were forced to lay off their employees to stay afloat. Many were left retrenched, the unemployment rate in Malaysia was sky-high
Sulie Abell, the founder of Sluvi Natural’s journey into skincare started off with her own struggle to cure eczema. Through her research, she handcrafted her own skincare products harvested from
Muhamad Yenash was only 18 when he started selling slippers in the night market. His business model was simple. Yenash would buy slippers from wholesale suppliers in Kuala Lumpur and
As a young adult, Yusri Sahrin spent many days and months on the streets of Chow Kit looking for the next snort of heroin. He was only 19-years-old when he
Recently, a story shared by a Terengganu primary school teacher, Cikgu Lynn Ismail, left some netizens distraught. The story came as a post on Cikgu Share, a Facebook page dedicated
In a written response to Pandan MP Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail inquiring about the number of active Employment Provident Fund (EPF) contributors with savings less than RM
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