Only if malaysia can become a science and tech strong economy with modern agriculture the next best industry then it can rely less on oil and gas and provide more jobs for young people

When Najib increase the retirement age to 60, it was the same lah

There are people who supports it and there are people who are against it

As for bloated civil service, you should consider how we calculate our civil service

We include police officers, military personnel and teachers but most countries do not include them

The biggest issue today is more towards unbalance distribution of civil service

Look at government hospitals for examples. Why are nurses and doctors bogged down with doing administrative jobs?

Fact is today, the pros of extending the retirement age is higher than maintaining it at 60

Why are there so many people especially youngsters are against it?

Singapore retirement age is 64 and do you really think our people savings are more than Singaporeans when they retire?

yep. my grandma is 92 and still collecting half pension from my grandfather. My father also collecting pension for 15 years now.
Private sector, all will bising if they raise EPF withdrawal to retirement age, but I think even I will work past 55, if anything just to keep busy....or just do some other easier and flexible jobs like consulting.