{"id":187460,"date":"2025-12-17T01:55:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T01:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/187460\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T01:55:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T01:55:26","slug":"malaysians-with-singapore-work-permits-encouraged-to-self-contribute-to-provident-fund-to-increase-retirement-savings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/187460\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysians with Singapore work permits encouraged to self-contribute to provident fund to increase retirement savings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR \u2013 Malaysians with Singapore work permits are being encouraged to voluntarily contribute to the Employees Provident Fund to increase their retirement savings.<\/p>\n<p>EPF (southern) regional director Nor Azhar Abdul Mokti said these workers were not required to contribute to Singapore\u2019s Central Provident Fund (CPF).<\/p>\n<p>He added the number was too large to ignore with about 300,000 to 400,000 commuting daily to the republic.<\/p>\n<p>Nor Azhar said Johor Baru EPF was eager to meet associations or groups representing those working across the causeway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main obstacle is timing because the majority of them start their commute early in the morning and only return late in the evening,\u201d he said following a Johor media and stakeholder management (southern chapter) session at a hotel in Johor Baru.<\/p>\n<p>He said EPF wanted to create awareness among these workers.<\/p>\n<p>ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/news\/nation\/2025\/10\/29\/epf-voluntary-contributions-reach-rm1413bil-from-112-million-members\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">EPF voluntary contributions reach RM14.13bil from 1.12 million members<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The self-contribution option is only available to Malaysians or Malaysian permanent residents below age 75 and registered with the EPF.<\/p>\n<p>Contributions are according to one\u2019s financial means.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMalaysians in the Singapore can start contributing voluntarily to not miss out on benefits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Currently, it is mandatory for Singaporeans and permanent residents to contribute to CPF, but not foreign workers on a work permit.<\/p>\n<p>Due to this, Malaysians earn a gross salary with no deductions.<\/p>\n<p>Nor Azhar said children as young as 15 could also start contributing via EPF I-Simpan and I-Topup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParents or guardians can visit the nearest EPF office with their children and our officers will assist them in opening the accounts,\u2019\u2019 he said, adding that the minimum contribution was RM10.<\/p>\n<p>The EPF Southern Region covers Johor, Melaka and Negri Sembilan with a total 14 branches in Johor (Johor Baru, Kulai, Batu Pahat, Muar, Segamat, Kluang, Pasir Gudang and Mersing), Melaka (Bandar Melaka, Alor Gajah and Jasin) and Negri Sembilan (Seremban, Nilai and Bahau).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KUALA LUMPUR \u2013 Malaysians with Singapore work permits are being encouraged to voluntarily contribute to the Employees Provident&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[138,246,111,139,69,244,245,50468,9739,26911],"class_list":{"0":"post-187460","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-finance","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz","13":"tag-personal-finance","14":"tag-personalfinance","15":"tag-policy-matters","16":"tag-singapore","17":"tag-the-star"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}