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                                <title><![CDATA[ Proposed mandatory withdrawals only for members born 2010 onwards, says EPF ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2023 12:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The retiremend fund says the proposal is still being refined. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Better to explore other options, Anwar says on more EPF withdrawals ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2023 10:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The prime minister says most contributors have 'too little' in way of savings to allow for another round of withdrawals. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Govt only helping EPF dig a deeper financial hole ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mohideen Abdul Kader ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2022 03:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Instead of allowing workers to withdraw more and more of their savings, the government should set up a fund to give financial aid to those who are truly in need. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ RM145 billion EPF savings withdrawn under Covid-related programmes ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2022 10:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ A total of 6.62 million members or 52% of the total of 12.78 million members aged under 55 had savings of less than RM10,000 as of end-June. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Bank Negara urges reforms to social protection system after nod for latest EPF withdrawals ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2022 07:19:41 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Deputy governor Jessica Chew meanwhile says such measures should be used 'very sparingly'. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ PM announces ‘difficult decision’ to allow more EPF withdrawals ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ahmad Mustakim Zulkifli ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2022 05:43:14 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob advises the public to only use the facility as a last resort. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Economists warn of long-term pain as EPF withdrawal calls spread across political divide ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Azzman Abdul Jamal & Nur Shazreena Ali ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2022 01:00:32 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ While opposition leaders Anwar Ibrahim and Lim Guan Eng have joined the chorus in favour of further EPF withdrawals, economists maintain that this would be a bad move. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Malay chamber condemns calls for more EPF withdrawals as bid to score ‘ugly political points’ ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2022 03:01:29 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The Malay Chamber of Commerce says more withdrawals are unrealistic and an exploitation of the people's hardships. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Retirement savings are depleting, EPF warns amid calls for more withdrawals ]]></title>
                                <link>https://www.malaysianow.com/news/2021/12/28/retirement-savings-are-depleting-epf-warns-amid-calls-for-more-withdrawals</link>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2021 12:06:43 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ A majority of those who made withdrawals under the various schemes during the Covid-19 crisis are Bumiputera, it says. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ No more pandemic EPF withdrawals, bosses group urges govt ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2021 01:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The Malaysian Employers Federation says the government needs to think of other ways of helping the people amid concerns of old-age poverty. ]]></description>
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