Finance minister: EPF to expedite RM10,000 special withdrawal starting 18th April instead of 20th April

Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz said that the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) will begin disbursing payments for the special RM10,000 withdrawal 18th April instead of the planned 20th April.

财政部长Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz表示，雇员公积金局（EPF）将于4 月 18 日开始支付 10,000 令吉特别提款的款项，而不是原定的 4 月 20 日。

He said that he had received many messages from Malaysians on social media asking him to hasten the disbursement of the special EPF withdrawals.

他说，他在社交媒体上收到许多马来西亚人的消息，要求他加快支付特别公积金提款。

“I have heard your voices. After discussing the matter with EPF, I am pleased to announce that the payments of the special withdrawal will be credited gradually starting from 18th April instead of 20th April as previously announced.

“我听到了你的声音。在与EPF讨论此事后，我很高兴地宣布，特别提款的款项将从4月18日开始逐步记入，而不是之前宣布的4月20日。

“I hope the expedition of the funds will further brighten #KeluargaMalaysia’s coming Aidilfitri celebrations, God Willing,” he said in a Facebook post.

“我希望资金的远征将进一步照亮#KeluargaMalaysia即将到来的开斋节庆祝活动，上帝愿意，”他在Facebook帖子中说。

On 16th March, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that Malaysians will be allowed to make a special withdrawal of RM10,000 from their retirement savings with EPF.

3月16日，首相Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob宣布，马来西亚人将被允许从他们的EPF退休储蓄中特别提取1万令吉。

Ismail Sabri said the government had heard and studied requests from all who want to make withdrawals from their EPF savings, beginning 1st April.

Ismail Sabri 说，从 4 月 1 日开始，政府已经听取并研究了所有想要从 EPF 储蓄中提款的人的要求。

EPF said that it has received a total of 5.3 million applications worth RM40.1 billion under the Special Withdrawal facility as of 8pm 14th April.

EPF 表示，截至 4 月 14 日晚上 8 点，它已收到总计 530 万份价值 401 亿令吉的特别提款申请。

The Special Withdrawal facility will be closed on 30th April, 2022.

特别提款设施将于 2022 年 4 月 30 日关闭。