PETALING JAYA: If you know of anyone who is need of welfare aid, please call Talian Nur at 15999.

The Social Welfare Department is actively searching for Malaysians who are eligible for financial aid but have not registered. read more...

Among the biggest problems the Social Welfare Department faces is the limited financial and staff resources in helping those in poverty.

SINGLE mother R. Kaur earns RM900 a month doing housekeeping work ¨C a salary that has to provide for her family of six children, including three who are still in school while the rest are barely financially self-sufficient. read more...

Rising prices have made life more difficult for those in the low-income group. Avenues for assistance are limited while the Government's efforts are not enough.

SITI* went to a Social Welfare Department (JKM) office to make an application for financial aid on her disabled brother's behalf. However, she found that seeking help was not just a simple matter of filling in some forms. Instead, she was told that she had to bring her brother to the office in person. read more...

A CALL made by Sunday Star to the Talian Nur hotline indicated that officers manning it take their job seriously.

The officer at the other end of the line was helpful and well-informed on the procedures as well as the types of aid the public are eligible for. read more...

GET a second job, open a stall and walk more ¨C some of the inflation-coping measures recommended by the Government for low-income earners may be effective, unless you are old and weak.

In fact, for the majority of senior citizens in the country (aged 60 and over), the recommendations may be near impossible to do. read more...

'Stay interested in the world, take on a challenge':
Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew

This is Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's advice on ageing the best way one can. Yesterday, he shared some personal insights into how he himself deals with ageing. Here is the transcript of his remarks read more...

Courtesy American College of Cardiology
and World Science staff

Erec­tile dys­func­tion is al­ways a mat­ter of the heart, but new re­search sug­gests more than ro­mance is at stake. Two new stud­ies of men with type 2 di­a­be­tes found that erec­tile dys­func­tion was a pow­er­ful early warn­ing sign for se­ri­ous heart dis­ease, in­clud­ing heart at­tack and death. read more...