Most contributors not interested in other withdrawal options


Lending an ear: EPF staff attending to questions from customers at the service counter at the EPF headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.

PETALING JAYA: Keep your propo­sals, just show us our money at 55. That seems to be the opinion of an overwhelming majority of The Star readers who were polled on the four choices proposed by the Employee Provident Fund (EPF).

The majority of them responded to the two options in the first proposal – either to gradually raise the withdrawal age to 60 or to allow one withdrawal at 55 and then to lock in contributions until the age of 60.

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