KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 5 -- Nearly two-thirds of Malaysian millennials and Gen Z surveyed recently agreed that their living standards have improved since the Madani administration, led by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, came into power two years ago.

The report, developed by Versa in collaboration with Stratsea, found that 1,764 out of 2,709 respondents polled (65.12 per cent) felt their quality of life had improved, while nearly half of them (49.21 per cent) were satisfied with the country's overall progress since 2023.

However, more than half of the participants (52.82 per cent) rated the government's progress in addressing the soaring cost of living as either "poor" or "very poor".

Why the contrast?

The survey, which comprised...