Don’t stress yourself out over GST and IMDB, says Shahidan Kassim

KUALA LUMPUR: Think positive and don't stress yourself thinking about GST and 1MDB.

That is the advice of Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim (pic) who said the answers to the controversial 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) will be revealed soon.

"Think positive about GST...1MDB.If you think positive then there will be lower stress levels, " he said when answering a question in Parliament about stress-related dangers by Datuk Wan Mohammad Khair-il Anuar (BN-Kuala Kangsar).

Shahidan also adviced the public not to perceive the issues as a burden.

"Those who are talking will be stressed. Those listening will also be stressed. The Rakyat will also be stressed. We reduce our stress by thinking positive," he said.

1MDB, set up by the Government in 2009 to drive strategic investments but has since come under heavy criticism for accumulating debts.

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) was implemented in April at the rate of 6%.