A long haul for GST director

Interview Customs GST director Datuk Subromaniam Tholasy on GST impact on household expenditure for SBW in Putrajaya. MOHD SAHAR MISNI/The Star

PUTRAJAYA: It has been long days and long nights for Datuk Subromaniam Tholasy (pic). The Customs Depart­ment GST director has had little time for his family and friends since work began on the new tax system.

“I’ve basically been eating, breathing and sleeping GST,” he quipped, adding that he had been working 18-hour days in the past few weeks.