His maid levy went from $170 to $340 due to CPF printing error

For the past few years, he had been paying a maid levy of $170 a month.

But on Monday, when his mother showed him last year's annual statement from the Central Provident Fund (CPF), he was shocked.

It showed he had been paying double at $340 monthly.

It was a printing error on the part of the CPF Board, and about 44,000 employers of foreign domestic workers had received it.

The man, who wanted to be known only as Mr Yap, said, "I panicked as the amount was considerably more (than what I was supposed to pay)."

On Tuesday morning, he called up the Ministry Of Manpower (MOM) to clarify the matter.

He said the phone operator informed him that it was a printing system error, and that they would send out a new letter soon to explain the mistake.

Mr Yap added: "I was assured that the levy deduction was correct, and only the printing was wrong."

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