Actress Ieda Moin hurt by low job payment
Actress Ieda Moin has publicly criticized the entertainment industry for offering disproportionately low pay to senior performers. Separately, residents in a Malaysian housing estate are concerned after wild elephants were spotted roaming near their homes.
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The report highlights ongoing labor disputes in the arts sector and growing human-wildlife conflict in rural Malaysia.
Compiled by FAZLEENA AZIZ, C.ARUNO AND R. ARAVINTHAN
SEASONED actress and singer Ieda Moin has decried “disproportionate” payment offers, revealing that she was recently quoted as little as RM500 for a one-hour episode role despite 30 years in the industry, Harian Metro reported.
Ieda, 47, whose real name is Siti Haida Abd Moin, said the low offer felt like a step back to 2006.
“It hurts my heart. We used to think this industry was very lively, but now we have to deal with prices that are not appropriate,” she said at the press conference for the drama Ate Kome, I Love You.
She stressed that artistes have rate cards and standards, but said some peers accepting rock-bottom fees were undermining market prices.
Ieda added that the issue was less about budget constraints and more about a bias between senior artistes and new talents, citing tighter wardrobe allowances without sponsors.
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