All remittance counters at EPF offices nationwide will be closed from July 1st, as part of the fund’s push for digital service delivery.
However, all other EPF service counters will continue operating as usual.
After the closure, members who want to make contribution payments can continue using facilities like the i-akaun app, self-service terminals and internet banking.
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The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry is urging state governments to raise the minimum age for Muslim marriages to 18.
Its hoping the states will follow in the footsteps of Selangor and Kedah - who’ve already amended their respective laws - so that the matter can be standardized across the country.
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In other news…
Police are calling for a total ban on e-cigarettes and vape devices, after discovering yet another new synthetic drug in vape liquids.
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The Statistics Department says Malaysia’s unemployment rate hit three percent in April, with just over 511 thousand unemployed persons recorded.
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His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim the King of Malaysia has revoked the Tan Sri title previously awarded to Mohd Isa Samad, who is currently serving a prison sentence for corruption.
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Police are urging witnesses to come forward, as they investigate CCTV footage to help find the perpetrator who molested a woman while she was walking home in a residential area in Setia Alam on Monday.
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Elsewhere…
A court in Thailand has sentenced two ethnic Uyghur men to death for the deadly Bangkok bombing in 2015.
20 people were killed while another 120 were injured in the explosion, that occurred at the Erawan Shrine that is popular with foreign tourists.
