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                                <title><![CDATA[ Taxi driver walks 300km to give Agong memorandum on EPF withdrawals ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ahmad Mustakim Zulkifli ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2023 04:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Noorazlan Ismail ended his six-day journey this morning. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Lower starting salaries, Covid withdrawals among factors behind low savings, says EPF ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2023 04:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ It also notes inconsistent contributions and structural wage challenges. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ RM10,000 EPF withdrawals, for emergencies or Hari Raya? ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Azzman Abdul Jamal ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2022 00:00:39 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The concern is that some contributors might view their retirement savings as extra spending money despite not being in dire straits. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ EPF says most members at risk of old-age poverty due to Covid-related withdrawals ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2021 10:42:48 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Some 48% of EPF members below the age of 55 have critically low savings, a 28% increase from before the pandemic. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Where i-Sinar went wrong ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/opinion/2021/04/08/where-i-sinar-went-wrong</link>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mohideen Abdul Kader ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2021 11:13:34 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The economy should be stimulated through investments in areas that have been neglected, not through use of EPF savings in wasteful consumption. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ More support from Malays, rural poor for govt’s pandemic measures ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Staff Writers ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 03:18:15 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Malays and Bumiputeras are also more in agreement with the governance of the Covid-19 crisis. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Govt pledges easier EPF withdrawals as RM24 billion approved for 3 million ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2021 08:54:31 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The EPF will provide an advance payment of up to RM1,000 for each eligible applicant under the i-Sinar Category 2. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Budget reflects bipartisanship but more can be done ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/opinion/2020/11/27/budget-reflects-bipartisanship-but-more-can-be-done</link>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sofea Azahar ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2020 01:43:49 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Measures can still be enhanced to ensure that the benefits continue to flow over a much longer period of time. ]]></description>
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