Agensi Kaunseling dan Pengurusan Kredit (AKPK) mendedahkan ramai pasangan yang melangsungkan perkahwinan menghadapi masalah hutang yang serius disebabkan kos majlis perkahwinan yang tinggi. Hinggakan ada yang meminta bantuan nasihat AKPK apabila keluarga pengantin perempuan menetapkan mas kahwin sehingga RM20,000. Dan ada juga ibu bapa yang menggunakan simpanan KWSP untuk perbelanjaan perkahwinan anak-anak, di mana simpanan KWSP sepatutnya digunakan untuk hari tua. Sudah menjadi lumrah sekarang ini rakyat Malaysia membuat pinjaman dan menggunakan kad kredit untuk membayar kos perbelanjaan majlis perkahwinan. Wedding debt a serious problem The Sun Daily KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 24, 2012):The problem of Malaysians running up debts because of their weddings has become serious. Credit Counselling and Debt Management Agency (AKPK) chief executive officer Koid Swee Lian advised young couples who are planning their weddings to consult the agency for advice and guidance. She said the agency found that it has become increasingly common for Malaysians to take loans or depend on their credit cards to pay for their marriage expenses. The money is usually spent on wedding receptions or infant formula when the first-born arrives. She said many factors cause married couples to run into debt, chief among them being the hefty wedding bill. She disclosed that a would-be-bride once sought the agency's help because her mother was asking the would-be-groom for RM20,000 in dowry. "We also found parents taking out their EPF to help pay for their children's weddings. This is not encouraged," she said. According to statistics, from 2006 to September this year, a total of 198,870 people had sought AKPK's help and 81,596 of them are enrolled in the agency's debt management programme. http://www.thesundaily.my/news/523654
