He said some of the more important things like eliminating Felda settlers’ debts and relieving the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) loans could be prioritised while the rest could be implemented in stages. We can go back to the SST tax but it has a lot of issues,” said Prof Barjoyai. He said there were alternatives like implementing a consumption tax done by India before it was scrapped due to lack of information. A research director from a think-tank said the discussion of the ma­nifesto should focus on the cost rather than feasibility. “The good thing about the manifesto is that it promotes better governance.

Source: The Star March 09, 2018 23:26 UTC