Moving the needle on the university of third age in Malaysia: recent developments and prospects

• Main Authors: Hamid, Tengku Aizan, Zakaria, Noor Syamilah, Abd Rahim, Nur Aira, Chai, Sen Tyng, Nor Akahbar, Siti Aisyah
• Other Authors: Formosa, Marvin
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2019
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78870/1/1%20%2818%29Moving%20the%20needle%20on%20the%20university%20of%20third%20age%20in%20Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/78870/; https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-21515-6_16
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

In the 2015 population projections released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia, 2.9 million or 9.2% of the total 31.4 million population is aged 60 years or over. Median age of the population has increased from 17 years in 1970 to 30 years in 2020. By any measure, Malaysia is a rapidly ageing...