Concerns About TAP Addressed

Bandar Seri Begawan - Some 300 officers and representatives of various ministries and departments attended here yesterday the fourth briefing on acts and regulations on the Employees Trust Fund (TAP).

The briefing, held at the Theatre Hall of the Ministry of Finance, is part of the efforts to raise awareness on the subject.

The event also aimed to give the audience an opportunity to voice out their concerns with the Tap officers during the Question and Answer session.

Yusof Hj Abd Rahman, the managing director of TAP, began the proceedings with his opening remarks.

He said that TAP had been holding holding activities such as inspections to business premises, in order to safeguard the employees' well-being and to ensure that employers were complying with the laws set out by the trust fund.

"Alhamdullilah, through these activities... since March 31, 2008, the total of TAP applicants rose by as much as

8.02 per cent to 97,651 from 90,405 in the previous year," stated the managing director.

Since the visits to these premises was initiated in June 2007, it was also reported that the number of applicants had increased from 447 per month to as many as 604 applicants per month, which represented a rise of five per cent over the year.

The number of employers registering to TAP also increased by seven per cent for the 2007-2008 session, where in real figures, this was equivalent to 8,135 to 8,674 employers registering to the trust fund.

Yusof also urged for the ministries and departments to update TAP with any changes made, regarding their employees and their wages.

This ensured that TAP was able to carry out its duties towards the public efficiently.

A presentation was then shown by the trust fund's senior labour inspector, Pg Shahrom Pg Hj Ismail, which highlighted the appropriate procedures to filling out the TAP registration forms.

The TAP scheme was inaugurated on January 1, 1993 to government officers and other civil servants, including those who were on probation, had daily wages and contracts, in the Pension Services.

The scheme was then introduced to the private sector in 1994.

This year tap will celebrate its 15th anniversary, which had been planned to be held on June 30, 2008. (ODM1) -- Courtesy of The Brunei Times

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