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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 15): The sales and services tax (SST) coverage could be widened on the condition that it does not end up raising the cost of living and becoming a burden to Malaysians, according to the Ministry of Finance.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 12): Eco World Development Group Bhd (EcoWorld) emerged as one of the top developers in the country in just six years but that success was assisted by substantial borrowing, according to a report from The Edge by Liew Jia Teng.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 7): With talk of a revival of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) recently, ex-Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan (pictured) has offered himself as a consultant, free of charge.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 4): The prime minister’s statement yesterday that the government will study if there is a need to reintroduce the scrapped goods and services tax (GST) — the removal of which was one of Pakatan Harapan’s key pledges in the 14th general election (GE14) — is unlikely to gain traction among the rakyat.

  KUALA LUMPUR (March 5): Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said yesterday Malaysia’s 2018 inflation at 1% versus 2017’s 3.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 20): Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Amiruddin Hamzah has been reported as saying that implementation of the Sales and Services Tax (SST) has not reduced the prices of goods.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 21): Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng (pictured) said today Malaysia's 2018 Sales and Services Tax collection by the Royal Malaysia Customs Department amounted to RM5.

SINGAPORE (Jan 16): In the latest batched tender closing yesterday, bidding for the Club Street hotel plot was fairly aggressive with eight bids received.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 2): The Barisan Nasional (BN) opposition coalition has presented its alternative budget for 2019 with an expected government revenue of RM247.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 2): UEM Sunrise Bhd is studying if it is even possible to reduce property prices thanks to exemptions on certain construction materials and services from the Sales and Service Tax (SST) on property prices as any savings may be offset by the rise of other construction costs.