hahaha… another classic story:
a) someone burns through 750K EPF in just 7 years
b) luckily got pension income to rescue.... tq gov at same time
c) perfect timing to push the retirement-age narrative again (hinting 75 as the new norm)
All three agendas neatly packaged into one article… so very efficient indeed.
May as well go for the kill:
Just turn everyone’s (I meant everyone... young, old, new, etc) EPF into a pension-style cashflow and freeze 750K until age 75/death. Easy peasy, no need to wrap it in drama.
I honestly don’t know why EPF money keeps “disappearing” so fast for some… Meanwhile I’ve been retired more than 4 years, and my networth keeps growing.
So, let’s go all in. Convert everyone’s EPF, regardless of age or balance, into lifelong pension-style payouts. The government will finally get the cradle-to-grave control they seem to want. haha

EPF rate of contribution for the period is meant for retirement usage when one no longer works.
Those that burn it fast forgot the purpose. Suddenly it became holiday money, let’s buy a new car money, let’s do a renovation money, let’s pay for a wedding money, etc etc.
all good reasons but the EPF was not built to facilitate that.