New sales tax may be good but at what cost


THE state budget tabled in the Sarawak Legislative Assembly this week was, as promised by the Chief Minister, the “biggest ever” in the state’s history.

A record RM9.073bil or 76% of the total budget was allocated for developments while RM2.841bil for operating expenditure.

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