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Puad urges BN MPs to kamikaze and overthrow PM over i-Sinar, moratorium Published Modified24 Dec 2020, 8:14 am A - Umno supreme council member Puad Zarkashi has urged BN lawmakers to take the plunge and withdraw their support from Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. He said this is because the partys demands have not been met, which are making the Employee Provident Funds (EPF) i-Sinar programme more accessible and an automatic loan moratorium. "Just withdraw support from Muhyiddin as prime minist...

The Pros And Cons Of Taking The EPF i-Sinar Withdrawal Facility (Image: The Star) The Malaysian government and the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) have officially announced the introduction of the EPF i-Sinar withdrawal facility, which allows eligible members to make withdrawals from their EPF Akaun 1 to overcome financial difficulties brought about by Covid-19. Under i-Sinar, affected members can withdraw up to RM10,000 or up to 10% of their Akaun 1 savings (capped at RM60,000), depending on ho...

Pejuang willing to contest GE15 as part of coalition Published Modified24 Dec 2020, 3:47 am A - Editors note: An earlier version used quotes from a Sinar Harian article. This has been changed after a review of the video of Sinars interview with Mukhriz Mahathir. Pejuang is willing to contest the next general election as part of a coalition, said pro-tem president Mukhriz Mahathir. This is as Pejuang has yet to be approved by the Registrar of Societies. "There are several possibilities. We are o...

Published on: Wednesday, December 23, 2020 By: Bernama Text Size: Kuala Lumpur: The Bantuan Prihatin Nasional 2.0 (BPN 2.0) new applications and appeals are currently being processed, and approved payments will be made in January 2021, said Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz. Under the Kita Prihatin Economic Stimulus Package (KITA PRIHATIN), he said as of Dec 4, 2020, 10.13 million beneficiaries had benefitted from the first phase payment of BPN 2.0, involving an amount of RM4...

23 Dec 2020 / 16:30 H. KUALA LUMPUR: The Bantuan Prihatin Nasional 2.0 (BPN 2.0) new applications and appeals are currently being processed, and approved payments will be made in January 2021, said Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz. (pix) Under the Kita Prihatin Economic Stimulus Package (KITA PRIHATIN), he said as of Dec 4, 2020, 10.13 million beneficiaries had benefitted from the first phase payment of BPN 2.0, involving an amount of RM4.6 billion, or 97 per cent of the R...

PETALING JAYA: Crowds thronged Employees Provident Fund (EPF) offices nationwide to get more information on i-Sinar just as it opened for applications online. Apart from the headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, queues were also seen at EPF offices in many parts of the country. Yesterday, EPF started to accept applications for i-Sinar, where an estimated eight million members were allowed to withdraw their savings to help them cope with hardship brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. Payments will start ...

EPF i-Sinar Application Begins Today For Members In Category 1 2 minute read Application for the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) i-Sinar facility is now open for individuals who fall under Category 1. Starting from today, eligible members can visit the official i-Sinar website to apply online. As explained earlier by the EPF, applicants who belong to Category 1 are described as: Members who have not contributed to the EPF for at least 2 consecutive months on application, OR Members who are still...

On November 16, Malaysias Employees Provident Fund ( EPF) introduced a new policy (i-Sinar) that allows around 8 million provident fund members aged 55 or younger who have lost their jobs or experienced a significant income reduction because of the COVID-19 pandemic to withdraw a portion of their Account 1 balances. (The EPF provides two types of individual accounts for members younger than age 55: Account 1 that funds retirement and Account 2 that may be accessed before retirement for...

2:41 PM MYT Foreign holdings in MGS rose by RM1.8bil (Oct: RM3.9bil) to RM175bil, equivalent to 40.1% of total outstanding MGS. UALA LUMPUR: Malaysian bonds tanked in November, sending yields significantly higher compared to October on return of risk sentiment, according to Malaysian Rating Corporation (MARC). It said on Friday domestic investors reduced their Malaysian Government Securities (MGS) holdings as the prospect of a quicker economic recovery had heightened, diminishing expectations o...

18 Dec 2020 / 11:19 H. The Dewan Rakyat. KUALA LUMPUR: The Third Session of the Third Term of the 14th Parliament closed its curtain yesterday, with the final week witnessing the House giving its “aye” to the first budget by the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government, despite the gruelling debates. The 2021 budget, the largest in the country’s history and involved an allocation of RM322.5 billion, was tabled by Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz on Nov 6 and debate...