Elderly need training center

Elderly need training center

SEMARANG, Central Java: Semarang needs to develop training centers designed to help the growing elderly population in the province.

The head of the Central Java Family Planning office, Soetedjo Yuwono, said here over the weekend that these centers would be aimed, among other things, at helping pensioning civil servants adjust to retirement.

As quoted by Antara, Soetedjo said this could be done by teaching senior citizens vocational skills.

An estimated 210,000 people, or about 7 percent of the total population in Central Java, are categorized as elderly.(mds)