KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 30 -- Imagine putting aside just RM6.85 every day into the Employees Provident Fund's (EPF) i-Saraan scheme, and watching it grow over 10 years.

Just RM6.85 a day - that's RM250 a month, RM2,500 a year.

After 10 years, you wouldn't just have RM25,000 safely stored away - the money would also have earned you dividends from EPF, with compounded growth too.

Plus, the Malaysian government would be giving you money as well, simply for saving under i-Saraan.

Show me the numbers

In illustrating the benefits of i-Saraan, EPF's Relationship & Advisory (RA) adviser Mogana Murugan @ Arujunan gave a hypothetical example.

Under this hypothetical scenario, by saving RM2,500 every year into i-Saraan (a total of RM25,000 over 10...