PLUS Malaysia Bhd’s rollout of the RFID system from Juru, Penang, to Skudai, Johor, on the North-South Expressway starting Jan 15 has elicited a less than favourable response from road users who questioned the effectiveness of the new toll collection system.
Change in weather pattern inflicting losses on farmers harakahdaily.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from harakahdaily.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
With schools set to reopen in stages from Oct 3, 190,212, Form Five students in Phase Two and Three states of the National Recovery Plan are set to return for face-to-face learning with vaccinations for those below 18 slated to start mid-September.
What youths want: Respondents of the survey believe singlehood gives them more freedom in life and marriage increases one’s financial commitment. PETALING JAYA: Youths are shunning marriage and big families amid a decline in the country s birthrate that s projected to turn Malaysia into an ageing nation by 2030.
A nationwide survey published by Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) on July 1 revealed that less than half (41.8%) of youths aged between 18 and 35 plan on getting married and most would rather have smaller families.
From a total of 485 respondents aged between 18 and 35 surveyed, only 41.8% said they plan to marry.
Titled “More Malaysian Youths Likely to Shun Marriage, Bigger Families”, respondents of the survey conducted by the varsity’s Tun Tan Cheng Lock Centre for Social and Policy Studies, believe singlehood gives them more freedom in life and marriage increases one’s financial commitment.