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                                <title><![CDATA[ Thugs used by Selangor govt to demolish our homes, say villagers after Gombak skirmish ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2024 10:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ A group of men in green vests along with enforcement officers were seen charging into residents for refusing to leave their homes. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Welfare officers threaten elderly couple forced to spend Raya on KL streets ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 01:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Their behaviour contrasts with the overwhelming public sympathy for the couple who became homeless last year. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ High home prices, low income see many still living with parents ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2022 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Many among the urban poor cannot afford to set up their own home, especially in major cities. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ ‘Lepak’, the great escape from the confines of low-cost housing units ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2022 01:00:02 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Lacking the space for themselves at home, children take what they can get elsewhere instead. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Breaking the lethal cycle of child poverty ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2022 00:04:42 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Perhaps the only way out for children living in hardcore poverty is education. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ In Sarawak town, squatter grandmother collects water and worries about the future ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2022 01:00:08 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Old and alone, Enchi Anak Gegom does her best to care for her granddaughter. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Reading lessons on the way as help pours in for Suki and her dad ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2022 07:27:52 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Father and daughter express their thanks for all of the help they have received so far, as efforts continue on the legal front to fight for Suki's right to citizenship. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ No citizenship, no mother: The 10-year-old taking care of her father alone ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2022 01:00:49 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Suki Wong Pei Yee does everything she can to take care of her father, who suffered a stroke seven years ago. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Gainfully employed but still down and out ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2022 03:00:49 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Many homeless people in the capital city do not make enough to keep a roof over their heads. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Hari Raya for the homeless on the streets of Kuala Lumpur ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2022 01:00:32 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Living rough means that many are dependent on charity for any form of celebration they might have. ]]></description>
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