EPF to announce details on special withdrawal scheme soon – Tengku Zafrul

The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) will be providing further details on the government’s move to allow EPF contributors to make a special withdrawal of RM10,000, as announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob on 16 March .

雇员公积金（EPF）将提供有关政府允许公积金缴款人特别提取10，000令吉的举措的进一步细节，正如首相Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob 3 月 16 日宣布的那样。

In a statement on 16 March, Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz said the EPF will also announce measures that will be taken to address the declining retirement fund.

财政部长Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz在3 月 16 日的一份声明中表示，EPF还将宣布将采取措施解决退休基金下降的问题。

In a special announcement aired on the national television stations, Ismail Sabri said the decision was made to help ease the burden of Keluarga Malaysia members who are still impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

在国家电视台播出的特别公告中， Ismail Sabri表示，这一决定是为了帮助减轻仍然受到COVID-19大流行影响的马来西亚Keluarga成员的负担。

The prime minister said although it was a difficult decision to make, the government had to take the middle-of-the-road approach to strike a balance between contributors’ current pressing needs and their savings for the future.

首相表示，尽管这是一个艰难的决定，但政府必须采取中间道路的方法，在贡献者当前的迫切需求和他们为未来的储蓄之间取得平衡。

However, he urged contributors to maintain their savings unless the situation was really urgent, and hoped that they would consider the matter carefully before making withdrawals, for the sake of their future.

但是，他敦促捐助国保持其储蓄，除非情况非常紧急，并希望它们在撤出之前，为了他们的未来，仔细考虑此事。

Previously, the government had approved EPF withdrawals under the i-Lestari, i-Sinar and i-Citra schemes, which saw 7.34 million EPF members withdrawing a total of RM101 billion to help them in dealing with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic during the Movement Control Order.

此前，政府已根据i-Lestari，i-Sinar和i-Citra计划批准了公积金的提款，该计划使734万公积金成员撤回了总计1010亿令吉，以帮助他们在行动控制令期间应对COVID-19大流行的影响。

In a separate statement, the EPF said as the country rebuilds the economy and more people have returned to work, this should be the last facility allowed under the special withdrawal initiative.

公积金在另一份声明中表示，随着该国重建经济，越来越多的人重返工作岗位，这应该是特别撤军倡议允许的最后一个设施。

“The EPF would like to reiterate its concerns on members’ retirement adequacy and hopes this will be a precursor towards the rebuilding of retirement savings and reforming of the nation’s social security system,” it said.

它说"公积金局希望重申其对成员退休充足性的担忧，并希望这将成为重建退休储蓄和改革国家社会保障体系的先兆"。