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September 24, 2020

GPS more prepared to face challenges

KUCHING: Sociopolitical analyst Associate Prof Dr Awang Azman Awang Pawi of Universiti Malaya (UM) is of the view that the results of the Sabah state election (PRN) will not have much bearing on the upcoming Sarawak PRN. He said that this was because Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) was seen to be better prepared to face... Read More
Sarawak News
September 22, 2020

Not all SST money for international schools

KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg had clarified that the State sales tax (SST) payment worth RM2.95 billion paid by Petronas will all be used for the development of Sarawak. He said the additional revenue will not only be used for the developing the state’s international schools, but the overall development in... Read More
Sarawak News
September 19, 2020

SST not ‘trade-off’ for rights

KUCHING: The State Sales Tax (SST) payment from Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) is not a trade-off for Sarawak’s rights over its oil and gas, said Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Women chief Kho Teck Wan. She said the statement by Democratic Action Party (DAP) chief Chong Chieng Jen which suggested otherwise was untrue and only... Read More
Geek Ideas, Sarawak News
September 19, 2020

Chong sings a different tune

KUCHING: Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak chief Chong Chieng Jen’s criticism of the state government accepting the State Sales Tax (SST) payment from Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) is irresponsible. In stressing this, Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) vice-president Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said it was the Kota Sentosa assemblyman’s view that Sarawak should pursue... Read More
Geek Ideas, Sarawak News
September 19, 2020

Give Abang Johari his due

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate. – John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the United States After a harrowing battle to assert the rights to the state sales tax (SST) which started with its imposition starting Jan 1, 2019, Sarawak was finally given its share of the... Read More
Column, Opinion
September 18, 2020

Five percent not enough

KUCHING: Sarawak People’s Aspiration Party (Aspirasi) president Lina Soo is of the view that Sarawak should impose 25 percent instead of five percent in state sales tax (SST) on petroleum products, as she believes that the latter is too little. She pointed out that Sarawak was the landowner and had ownership and economic rights over... Read More
Sarawak News
September 18, 2020

Sarawakians told to back GPS

BY NIA NATASHA HASENAN AND NATASHA JEE KUCHING: It is hoped that Sarawakians will continue to give their full support to the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) government during the coming 12th State Election. Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) senior vice-president Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said GPS under the leadership of Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang... Read More
Sarawak News
September 18, 2020

Hope for more development

MIRI: After a series of discussions, Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) and its subsidiaries have handed over a cheque for RM2.95 billion to the Sarawak government on Thursday as payment of arrears for the state sales tax (SST) on petroleum products. This made Sarawakians smile, as they regard this as a great hadiah (gift), as well... Read More
Sarawak News
September 18, 2020

Settlement better late than never

KUCHING: While Sarawak took its time to assert its right to impose state sales tax (SST) on its petroleum products, Dewan Negara Senator Robert Lau Hui Yew said it was better late than never. He described the payment of SST by Petronas to the state government to the tune of RM2.956 billion as a boon... Read More
Sarawak News
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