Guan Eng to probe claims of SST pushing up business costs

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The finance minister responds to a claim by the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers.

Lim Guan Eng with Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman with Min-Liang Tan, co-founder of gaming hardware maker Razer, at the company’s new headquarters in Bangsar South, Kuala Lumpur.

Lim was responding to the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers claim that cost of doing business escalated after SST was introduced to replace the goods and services tax abolished in May last year.

 

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