Monday, September 22, 2014

MALAYSIA:::Pencarum tetap terima dividen walau usia 75 tahun / EPF contributors above 75 still getting dividends

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KUALA LUMPUR - Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP) menjelaskan bahawa semua pencarum, termasuk yang berumur 75 tahun dan ke atas, sentiasa menerima dividen tahunan mereka.
Ia menafikan laporan bahawa kira-kira 260,000 pencarum KWSP berumur 75 tahun dan ke atas tidak menerima dividen.
"Polisi yang diluluskan pada 2008, tidak dilaksanakan. Sebaliknya, KWSP menggalakkan pencarum menyedari risiko simpanan mereka dipindahkan kepada Pendaftar Wang Tidak Dituntut jika simpanan tersebut tidak digunakan.

"Dalam hubungan ini, KWSP tiada beza dengan institusi kewangan lain seperti bank yang mempunyai polisi sama," katanya.
Katanya KWSP menyedari kekeliruan yang mungkin timbul dan kini dalam peringkat akhir untuk meminda Akta KWSP 1991 untuk memastikan pencarum menerima pendapatan berterusan daripada simpanan mereka walaupun selepas bersara.
Sebuah akhbar berbahasa Inggeris hari ini melaporkan bahawa KWSP sejak 2008 telah berhenti membayar dividen kepada pemegang akaun apabila mereka berumur 75 tahun. - Bernama
sumber:::http://www.sinarharian.com.my

The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has denied a report claiming that contributors above the age of 75 had been earning zero annual dividend.
There are some 260,000 EPF contributors aged above 75 and reports claimed they had been earning zero dividends.   
"The policy, which was approved in 2008, has not been implemented. Instead, EPF encourages members to be aware of the risk of their funds being transferred to unclaimed moneys if they are not utilised.  
"In this respect, EPF is no different from financial institutions such as banks which have similar policies," it said.
The organisation said it was cognisant of the potential misinterpretation and was in the final stages to amend the EPF Act 1991 to ensure that members would continue to receive a steady stream of income from their savings when they retired.
The Sun today reported that EPF had since 2008 stopped paying dividends to account holders once they turn 75.
source:::http://www.themalaysianinsider.com

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