GST not needed, push for exponential growth instead

GST existed for a while in Malaysia, beginning in 2015, but was repealed under a new government in 2018. Now there's talk of reviving it. — Filepic/The Star

THERE has been a loud clamouring for the return of the goods and services tax (GST) and the immediate removal of all forms of subsidy so as to balance the books and to reduce the government’s debts.

This is despite Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim repeatedly stating that the GST would not be imposed in the near term.