Jakarta (ANTARA) – Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy instructed the related deputy to form a joint secretariat to support services for the elderly.”I ask the related deputy to make a joint secretariat in this office to provide all elderly services,” he stated in a seminar held at the ministry’s office in commemorating International Day for Older Persons here on Friday.
Muhadjir underscored the need for a representative joint secretariat to support the government’s preparations for facing the aging population.
He said that the aging population occurs due to the increasing percentage of citizens aged 60 and above as a result of increased life expectancy and declining fertility rates.
He noted that Indonesia is expected to experience an aging population in 2045.
“The demographic bonus will peak in 2030 and ends in 2041, and by 2045, we will enter the aging population, so our country will become old,” he stated.
Source: Antara News Agency
