Film explaining the merits of the Malayan Federation's Employee's Provident Fund.

Many happy families, such as the Wongs, can afford to look after their aging parents, but many people without support have to beg. A new scheme, the Employee Provident Fund (its headquarters are shown). The scheme is explained with diagrams: employees pay a compulsory contribution each month to a fund, their contribution is matched by the employer and the money is sent to HQ in Kuala Lumpur each month. The money is held in trust and gains interest and at the end of his/her working life the employee gets back 3 times what he contributed. If they become too sick to work, the money can be withdrawn early. "Malaya has taken its first step towards social security."

Notes

Cataloguing: only a master negative exists at present, and film was viewed for cataloguing in this form.

Credits: made at Malaya Film Unit studios, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Gaumont Kalee sound recording.