Sarawak, Penang to get greater focus in Malaysia fertility push, says women’s minister

The Malaysian government is set to increase its focus on boosting the fertility rate, particularly in Sarawak and Penang, as part of efforts to address the country's low birth rate, as announced by Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri.

Emphasis will be placed on fertility-related programs, including support for couples facing challenges in conceiving, with initiatives like IVF being highlighted.

These plans, part of the budget proposals, aim to encourage young people to have more children, with detailed findings from fertility studies to be shared at a later date.

KUCHING, Sept 19 — Sarawak and Penang will receive greater focus under the government’s efforts to improve Malaysia’s fertility rate and address the country’s low birth rate, said Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri.

She said the ministry planned to place greater emphasis on fertility-related programmes next year, including measures to support couples facing difficulties conceiving.

“Fertility programmes are important because our population is still low and we want to increase it. So we have also proposed programmes related to fertility.

“Sarawak and Penang are among the states that need to be given focus because we want to increase the birth rate,” she told reporters after launching the Program Perantisan Kepimpinan Wanita (Perantis) — Program Pembinaan Kepimpinan dan Keusahawanan Wanita Dayak (Pendaya) 2.0 initiative at Dayak Chamber Tower here today.

Nancy said the ministry’s efforts would include programmes to assist couples facing difficulties having children, including initiatives under the National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN), such as in-vitro fertilisation (IVF).

She said while such programmes were already being implemented, the ministry intended to give them greater emphasis next year as part of efforts to encourage more young people to have children.

“For us, our focus is more on programmes that can encourage them to have children. Our population needs to increase in this country,” she said.

Nancy said proposals for fertility-related programmes had been included in the ministry’s budget submission, although the final allocation would depend on approval.

She added that studies had also been conducted on fertility rates to support efforts to formulate measures to increase birth rates in Malaysia.

However, she said the figures and findings from the studies would be shared at a later date. — The Borneo Post

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马来西亚妇女、家庭及社区发展部长拿督斯里南希·舒克里宣布，马来西亚政府将加大力度提高生育率，尤其是在砂拉越和槟城，以解决该国低出生率问题。

重点将放在与生育相关的项目上，包括为面临受孕困难的夫妇提供支持，重点推介试管婴儿等项目。

这些计划是预算提案的一部分，旨在鼓励年轻人多生育子女，生育研究的详细结果将在稍后公布。

古晋，9月19日讯——妇女、家庭及社区发展部长拿督斯里南希·舒克里表示，政府为提高马来西亚的生育率、解决该国低出生率问题，将更加关注砂拉越和槟城。

她表示，该部计划明年更加重视与生育相关的项目，包括为面临受孕困难的夫妇提供支持的措施。

“生育计划很重要，因为我们的人口仍然偏低，我们希望增加人口数量。所以我们也提出了与生育相关的计划。”

“砂拉越和槟城是需要重点关注的州属，因为我们希望提高出生率。”

南希表示，该部将努力制定计划，帮助面临生育困难的夫妇，包括国家人口和家庭发展委员会 (LPPKN) 的举措，例如体外受精 (IVF)。

她表示，虽然此类计划已经在实施，但作为鼓励更多年轻人生育子女的举措之一，该部计划明年更加重视这些计划。

“对我们来说，我们的重点更多地放在鼓励他们生育子女的项目上。我们国家的人口需要增长，”她说。

南希表示，与生育相关的项目提案已纳入该部的预算申请中，但最终拨款将取决于审批情况。

她补充说，马来西亚还开展了生育率研究，以支持制定提高出生率的措施。

不过，她表示，研究的具体数据和结果将在稍后公布。——《婆罗洲邮报》

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