What is this "internationally-accepted standard" that the deputy minister is referring to? How does the government detect "hardcore poor"? How does the government define "hardcore poor" or "poverty level"? Has the definition changed since last January when I first wrote about it? Does a family earning RM541 per month no longer qualify as "hardcore poor"? Is that the "internationally-accepted standard" that he mumbled about?
Let him mumble. He is probably preoccupied with the possible change of government that could just switch the living daylights out of the BN reps.
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