With respect to the proposed implementation of the goods and services tax, MP Liew Chin Tong said:
“This is a huge sum for a study. The Finance Ministry should explain what kind of study this is, who is conducting it and which consultancy firm is handling the study.
“The idea of implementing this kind of study needs serious national debate.
“When Australia implemented the GST in 1998, it was decided based on a referendum.
We need to debate whether we need the GST or whether the Government should cut down its spending instead” [Parliament: Why RM22m for GST study? Zulkifli Abd Rahman. The Star. November 3 2009]
Indeed.
