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Healthy Ageing: What Makes An Age-Friendly City?

Professor Dr Shahrul Bahyah Kamaruzzaman, Consultant Geriatrician & President, Malaysia Healthy Ageing Society

19-Mar-25 16:00

Healthy Ageing: What Makes An Age-Friendly City?

What do Taiping, Ipoh, Penang Island, and Sibu have in common? They’re all committed to being age-friendly cities! Together with consultant geriatrician Prof Dr Shahrul Bahyah Kamaruzzaman, we explore what it means for a city to be truly age-friendly and how we can make that a goal for all of Malaysia.

Image Credit: Shutterstock

Produced by: Lim Sue Ann

Presented by: Tee Shiao Eek


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