UKM professor Datuk Denison Jayasooria said that while aid was available to those in poverty, this was often scattered across different agencies and departments. — Picture by Choo Choy May
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 — A one-stop centre integrating all welfare and aid solutions to those is poverty is crucial to fully address the issue, said a sociology expert., National University of Malaysia professor, Datuk Denison Jayasooria said that while aid was available to those in poverty, this was often scattered across different agencies and departments.
“There is a multiplicity of poverty issues. Poor families often face a number of problems, such as single incomes, lack of childcare and eldercare options, and housing affordability. “All these involve multiple agencies, but welfare workers are likely tasked with only one section, so will redirect the poor to other sections, for example, their housing matters. Realistically, the poor cannot afford the time and expense of going to multiple agencies for help,” he was quoted as saying.
“It's about giving them economic empowerment,” she said, referring to state assistance for job placements, upskilling and business grants.Poverty in Malaysia came under the spotlight after UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Philip Alston said the country’s method of using a poverty line income of RM980 to gauge the severity of the issue was severely outdated.
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