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        "msgid": "yogyakarta-mayor-urges-youth-to-achieve-financial-freedom-before-50-1782827618",
        "date": "2026-06-30 20:29:40",
        "title": "Yogyakarta Mayor Urges Youth to Achieve Financial Freedom Before 50",
        "author": "Karta Raharja Ucu",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Yogyakarta Mayor Hasto Wardoyo has called on young people to target financial independence before the age of 50, framing it as essential preparation for the region's shift towards an ageing population. He stressed that career success now depends more on soft skills like communication and empathy than on academic qualifications alone.",
        "content": "<p>Yogyakarta Mayor Hasto Wardoyo has urged the younger generation,\nparticularly university students, to start planning their futures by\ntargeting financial freedom before reaching the age of 50. He argued\nthat economic self-reliance is a crucial provision for facing future\nchallenges, especially as the Special Region of Yogyakarta begins to\nenter an ageing population phase. Hasto clarified that financial freedom\ndoes not mean possessing vast wealth, but rather having passive income\nsources capable of meeting living needs without complete dependence on\nactive employment. \u201cBefore the age of 50, one should be financially\nfree. No longer worrying about what to eat today, tomorrow, or the day\nafter. All of that should already be settled,\u201d he said while speaking at\na Career Development Seminar entitled \u2018The Professional Compass:\nNavigating Mental Wellness and Career Survival\u2019 at Universitas\nMuhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY). Hasto noted that this target is\nincreasingly relevant as Yogyakarta begins to face the demographic\nchallenge of a growing elderly population. If the younger generation\ndoes not prepare for financial independence early on, he warned that\nthis condition could affect future economic growth. Beyond highlighting\nthe importance of financial freedom, Hasto also emphasised that success\nin today\u2019s workplace is no longer determined solely by academic ability\nor hard skills. Instead, the ability to communicate, adapt, build\nrelationships, and possess empathy are becoming more dominant factors in\ndetermining career success. He observed that during higher education,\nstudents typically acquire around 90 per cent hard skills and only 10\nper cent soft skills, but upon entering the workforce, the situation is\nreversed.<\/p>",
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