https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...n-says-minister

GEORGE TOWN: The government’s new drive to increase fertility rates is now focussed on men, says women, family and community development minister Nancy Shukri.

Speaking after her ministry’s event in Seberang Jaya today, she said the government has begun running roadshows focused on male fertility, starting in Sabah.

“We need men to realise it is not because of women alone that the fertility rate is low,” she said, adding the government would bring in a “celebrity” doctor to help in its efforts to raise awareness.

Nancy said the government, through the National Population and Family Development Board, was also offering in vitro fertilisation and fertility services to both men and women.

She said an ageing population by 2030 was a real concern and urged both genders to reflect on their roles in raising the birth rate.

According to the 2024 ESCAP Population Data Insights, the country’s total fertility rate (TFR) rose slightly from 1.6 to 1.7 last year but remains below the replacement level of 2.1.

A TFR of 1.7 means that, on average, each woman is having fewer than two children. For a population to replace itself without relying on immigration, the TFR needs to be 2.1.

According to the statistics department’s latest numbers, Sabah’s birth rate is the lowest in the country, dropping from 5.5 children per woman in 1980 to just 1.4 in 2022, well below the replacement level of 2.1.

While Terengganu registered the highest TFR at 2.9, Penang and Kuala Lumpur recorded the lowest at 1.2.

Meanwhile, Nancy said caregiving was another key factor in deciding whether a couple would want to have a baby.

She said the government was now trying to develop a recognised professional caregiving industry and urged the public to treat carers as professionals, not servants.

She said better pay and training could encourage more youths to join the field.

“I personally experienced it with my mother. It is very difficult to get people to be caregivers,” she said.



i dont understand what she mean ? male in malaysia should be soft rice and househusband now ?

glad to see malaysia = japan = korea = sg now, all share same problem , low birth rate

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...n-says-minister

This post has been edited by nelson969: Jun 17 2025, 09:42 PM

Increasing fertility is easy.

Push religion. Lower education.

Instant zerg formula.

Tax so much, who want to have kids. Lower cost of living and then you see people have kids.

Mcdani will subsidize if I don't pull out?

ada wang, ada ahmoi

Only about 10 percent of men aged 21 to 30 with annual incomes below 2 million yen ($13,400) get married, underscoring the need for wage hikes to lift Japan’s low birthrate, the labor ministry said.

And for men aged 26 to 30 who were paid 3 million yen or more a year, the marriage rate was around 40 percent.
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15021060

Be prepared for your quality of life to drop when you have a kid.

MONEY MONEY MONEY solve most of fertility problem

no need roadshow waste taxpayer money

This post has been edited by ipohps3: Jun 17 2025, 09:48 PM

it's kinda strange that the poorest are usually also the most virile. some say they don't have any other form of entertainment. maybe there are some truths in it

High cost of living how??? Raising kids no need money?

Priority should be given to fixing the economy to create more jobs n higher paying jobs

Thanos was right

Lower the age of employment la.

If kids can start work at 12 maybe people don’t mind having more kids as they can start feed themselves earlier.

This post has been edited by Slowpokeking: Jun 17 2025, 09:53 PM

Hire celebrity doctor to increase awareness of what? That celebrity doctor going to raise our kids? That celebrity doctor got 14 children like Yi Long Ma?

Election time promise lower cost of living. After election remove subsidy, increase tax.

Wow Terengganu richest state in Malaysia? Penang and Kuala Lumpur the poorest?

melay easy can breed 2-3 no problem , gov always can help them all sort of thing

other race need to 'pack own cloths'

PMX goverment is fucking rakyat from all sides, taking money away from all corners….

And they expect rakyat to have more kids…😅😅

cannot compare like that. quality of service and cost of living different in different places.

a landed in Terengganu may only need say 1k monthly repayment.

in KV maybe need 4k monthly repayment

Nancy apa susah ? Get your DPM to bring in more Rohingyas la. Surely you guys will be happy governing them in the future right ?

She is stupid. What a stupid national population policy with a hidden aim to create more earth princes and princess.

Gomen shud first improve the raykats standards of living and disposable income.

M40s and T20s not want breed more cuz wanna save resources.

But these geng rezeki B40 keeps breeding without 2nd thought. Gomen resources keep pouring onto these b40s.
It'll form vicious cycle never ending cycle. It will eat a huge chunk into gomen coffer.

Geng rezeki gonna pump up the population numbers anyway without even these crap policies.

bull sht minister, the fact is always about money and quality of life. tax relief for self and children how many years didn't review ?

This post has been edited by Pain4UrsinZ: Jun 17 2025, 10:14 PM

I would think being poor is an indicator rather than a source.
I do theorize that the impulsive and those who do things without thinking of their actions often end up poor, and have more kids than they can feed as a result.

So being poor and having more kids are a resulting effect of the type of person.

human is a ..........