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Bangkok Post
Bangkok Post
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Govt urged to raise pension for elderly

An elderly walks in Hua Lamphong railway station in Bangkok. (File photo)

Senior citizens should receive a universal pension of 3,000 baht per month to ease their financial burden, activists and academics said at a forum.

Four Regions Slum Network representative Nuken Inthachan was one of those calling for the government to revise its old age monthly allowance as a universal pension and lift it to 3,000 baht a month.

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