500 workers picket in KL over low EPF dividend rate
A workers' picket today drew a 500-strong crowd to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, demanding upward revision of the dividend rate to 5 percent from the 4.25 percent declared for 2002.
Organised by the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC), the workers handed over a 12- point memorandum to EPF chairperson Abdul Halim Ali, deploring the lowest ever dividend payoff in 40 years.
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