{
  "id": 8469095,
  "title": "Sarawak, P Pinang jadi tumpuan usaha tingkat kadar kelahiran",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/sarawak-p-pinang-jadi-tumpuan-usaha-tingkat-kadar-kelahiran",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-19T12:56:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/09/19/sarawak-p-pinang-jadi-tumpuan-usaha-tingkat-kadar-kelahiran"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Malaysian government has decided to focus more efforts on increasing the birth rate in the country, with special attention to Penang and Sarawak, according to Nancy Shukri, Malaysia's Minister for Women, Family, and Community Development. Speaking to reporters after launching a women's leadership event in Kuching, Sarawak, Shukri emphasized the importance of the birth rate program as the population of the country remains low and needs to increase. While birth programs have been implemented before, the ministry hopes to emphasize more in the coming year as part of efforts to encourage more young people to have children. A proposal for the birth program will also be included in the ministry's budget statement. Research on the birth rate has been conducted to support efforts to formulate steps to increase the birth rate in Malaysia. Malaysia's birth rate, the average number of children born per woman, has been steadily declining from 6.28% in 1958 to 1.6% in 2024.",
  "summary": "Penekanan lebih akan diberi kepada program kesuburan tahun depan, termasuk langkah bantu pasangan dengan IVF, kata Menteri KPWKM Nancy Shukri.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Sarawak, P Pinang jadi tumpuan usaha tingkat kadar kelahiran",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/sarawak-p-pinang-jadi-tumpuan-usaha-tingkat-kadar-kelahiran-8472773",
        "published": "2026-09-19T12:56:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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