Author: Anthony Lim

Economy minister Rafizi Ramli says the federal government isn’t ruling out the reintroduction of the products and services tax (GST). Although the country’s priority was to roll out the capital gains tax next yr, he said that other types of taxes, including GST, shall be considered in the hassle to widen the nation’s revenue base, The Star reports. “We shall be open and undergo whatever way we will to realize fiscal sustainability through a wider revenue base – whether goes to be capital gains tax, GST or some other types of direct and indirect taxes,” he told reporters following the…

Proponents of road safety have called on the transport ministry to check the proposal to robotically upgrade the Malaysian B2 class motorcycle licence to a full B licence. This was since it involves the protection of motorcyclists in addition to that of society, the Recent Straits Times reports. In line with Alliance for Protected Community chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye, introducing an automatic upgrade could end in serious implications, given the high variety of fatalities in road mishaps involving motorcyclists. “As of late, we’re about 6,000 to 7,000 cases of road fatalities per 12 months, where greater than 68%…