ALOR GAJAH, May 5:
The proposal to postpone the implementation of the Goods and Services
Tax (GST) until the income gap between the people has been resolved is
irrelevant because the tax itself can reduce the gap.
Rural and Regional Development
Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said that an effective tax system
under the GST would enable the nation to gain more revenue and the
money could be utilised to improve the living condition of the people
and raise their income.
He said the move to narrow
down the gap between the people’s income especially between the urban
and rural dwellers must be carried out immediately without waiting for
certain factors to be carried out beforehand.
“The proposal is akin to the
problem ‘chicken or egg, which one must come first’, although we don’t
have to wait for anything…through the GST, we have an opportunity to
raise the people’s income, we must immediately take this opportunity,
why wait,” he said at a media conference, here today.
Earlier, he opened the
Chancellory Building of Risda College at the college Pa’abas, here which
was attended by Risda Director-General Datuk Wan Mohamad Zuki Mohamad,
who is also the chairman of the college.
At the event, Risda College
signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Open Universiti Malaysia
(OUM) for cooperation in the fields of education and management which
was signed by Wan Mohamad Zuki and OUM President, Prof Emeritus Tan Sri
Anuwar Ali.
Mohd Shafie said the GST,
through the tax exemption on certain food items could ease the burden of
the people and subsequently reduce the impact on the people’s income. –
BERNAMA
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