Minister: UN report can be used as yardstick for poverty alleviation programmes
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 29 — The United Nations report on the rate of poverty in Malaysia, although being questioned, can still be used as a yardstick to help the Ministry of Housing and Local Government in formulating new programmes to bring the poor people out of poverty.
The UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, was reported as saying that the official figure on poverty in the country was vastly inaccurate and do not reflect realities on the ground. He claimed that the actual rate of poverty in Malaysia was 15 per cent. In another development, Zuraida, who is PKR vice-president, said several non-entertained requests were the reason she and several other PKR leaders did not attend party meetings, including the Central Leadership Council meeting last Sunday.
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