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HOW TO STRETCH YOUR RINGGIT

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Civil servants here made headline news recently when it was reported that as many as 80 per cent of personal loans from NBFIs, goes to government employees with household incomes of less than RM3,000 a month. NBFIs, or non-bank financial institutions, include among others, Bank Rakyat Sdn Bhd, Malaysia Building Society Bhd (MBSB), and development financial institutions (DFIs) such […]

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LONG OVERDUE – A SENIORS DISCOUNT CARD

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Student discount card Early in September the government launched the 1Malaysia Student Discount Card (KADS1M). To date, close to a million full-time students from public and private universities have been issued with the card. Last week the government announced that the card would be extended to part-time students as well as students studying overseas. 2,633 retail

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