population that is of most concern interestgroups these demographic realities are reflected in social and economic priorities and policies it is the young population that is of most concern interest the drive for economic diversification and and heavy resource inputs into education at all levels dominate the rhetoric and policy of government departments (Duraman and hashim 1998 ) by contrast the relatively small size of the elderly population coupled with its current slow growth rate largely relegates questions about the care of the elderly to a secondary place ) the drive for economic