Buyers: Gold trinkets a savings tool, not a luxury


Marina look for jewellery at a goldsmith stores in kuala Lumpur. — ONG SOON HIN/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: The time is not conducive now to enact new legislation to tax certain luxury items such as jewellery.

Muslim Jewellers and Money Changers Association Penang president Datuk Dr Anvar Hussein Rahumathullah said the tax would be a burden to the people’s savings.

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