Taiping chosen as only ‘age-friendly town’ in Southeast Asia

Bernama  September 3, 2019 11:41 PM

Taiping attracts a lot of pensioners due to the low cost of living, pleasant
weather and ample facilities, including the famous Lake Gardens. (Bernama pic)

TAIPING: Taiping has been chosen as the only age-friendly town in Southeast Asia.

Taiping Municipal Council (MPT) president Borhan Abdul Halim said a celebration ceremony was scheduled to be held at the Taiping Perdana Hotel here on Sept 30.

He said the heritage town was chosen after MPT had met various criteria set by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to achieve the status within five years.

Borhan said more than RM1 million had been spent by MPT in the research process carried out over the past two years through grants from the United Nations Development Programme.

“This will not only make Taiping well-known to the world but will also make it a pensioners’ town.

“It can attract pensioners to settle here and also invest here,” he told reporters after chairing the MPT monthly meeting at Wisma Perbandaran Taiping here today.

Meanwhile, he said a mural painting of aviation pioneer Amelia Mary Earhart, by artist Chen Teck Meng and Khok Chai Ong, had been completed on the wall of a two-storey shoplot on Jalan Abdul Jalil here.

BERNAMA