: Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil has set a target to ensure that at least 50 per cent of the 70,000 workers in the creative industry, especially film, will contribute to the Employees’ Provident Fund in the next one or two years.
“So, we will mobilise machinery under FINAS to raise understanding among producers so that they will sign their workers in their projects up as contributors so that they will have contributions in the EPF and this will be the foundation for a better future for them,” he said, adding that he would be contacting Radio Televisyen Malaysia to ensure that producers would comply.
Fahmi described the MoU as a very meaningful and timely step to protect and ensure the welfare of those in the national creative industry, as both FINAS and EPF agree under the MoU to form a strategic partnership to expand EPF schemes to those in the arts, entertainment and creative industries. He also said that the government’s concern in supporting the development of the local creative arts industry was expressed through Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s announcement during the Budget 2025 of an allocation of RM65 million under the Digital Content Fund to promote local works that emphasised on the national spirit.