if 7 years didnt update my book, will my account will be terminated? i think i got read about this somewhere but need more confirmation abt this

im not sure what are you trying to say haha but i think i dont have it

Succesfully transfer a  few thousand from EPF Account 1 to AS1M...based from the conversation with the officer, ASNB have locked a few million for the scheme(bumi only as non bumi quota also full)...

next transfer would be in december 2013, have to be quick..next year would be tough as EPF will raise the Basic Savings Amount wef 1 jan 2014

If the person is qualified why not take the opportunity.

The small difference of 0.51%pa also money.  Nowadays every ringgit also counted.  Remember the classic Malay proverb - "sikit sikit lama lama jadi bukit"

Another disappointment for the non-bumi again..

A bonus for the bumi, but frustration for the non-bumi..

Not fair... 

simple..AS1M div return more stable..
it's 0% charge...no charge at all...
people here complaining of the difficulty to invest in ASNB product...after seeing this, maybe the bumi quota will be full sooner rather than later...

by doing this, i will have my own cash in AS1M when i reach 55...

{For every RM10k investments, u will get additional RM51pa or RM4.25pm}

So, i will get additional rm200...  

too much hassle.

based on this info http://www.kwsp.gov.my/portal/documents/10..._2013__Eng_.pdf

i'd only be able to invest rm 10 - 12k.

i have small EPF savings.

Agreed. However, this doesn't apply to the poor and the needy non-bumis. Really pity them..... 

for non-bumi, there is not much option since all fixed price funds are fully subscribed
for bumi, who has yet to maximise their ASB, ASW, ASM, AS1M, ASD : it's more like peer influence

"eveyrbody is doing it, so why aren't we?" is what they keep telling me when they promote their products

i handle quite a large sum of money in ASNB and has yet to reach any ceilings / limits yet that i need to subscribe to varibale price fund, be it from ASNB or PM

im non bumi. Meaning I cant buy already?

TAKEN from FreeMT:
PNB chairman Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid said in his speech at the announcement of the income distribution that as of Sept 16, 2013, AS1M has recorded a gross income of RM723.93 million, with profit from sale of shares accounting for RM405.99 million or 56.1% while RM128.15 million or 17.7% was derived from investments in short-term instruments and other income.

“Based on the reserve, we could pay more than eight sen per unit and right now, after the payout, we still have RM150 million yet to be distributed,” said Hamad Kama Piah in response to a question about the amount of reserve kept aside from AS1M earnings.

I don't think so. The rm146mil would be included to this year income. After income distribution, still left rm150mil which to be carried forward to next year.

RM2b of AS1M not taken up by Bumiputera

About half of the RM5 billion bumiputera allocations have not been taken up in the Amanah Saham 1Malaysia (AS1M) share trust units despite Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) declaring a record 6.7 sen income distribution for AS1M for the financial year ended Sept 30, 2013.

The amount not taken up stood at RM2 billion, translating a take-up rate of only 60% for the bumiputera portion for AS1M.

“About RM2 billion of the bumiputera quota has not been subscribed,” PNB group chief executive officer and president Hamad Kama Piah Che Othman told reporters in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, adding that all the non Bumiputera portions for AS1M have been subscribed.

Your in law very lucky 

Others "suffering" because always failed to get any units