Press Statement By DAP Secretary-General And MP For Bagan Lim Guan Eng In Kuala Lumpur On 20.2.2018. <\/p>\n
Singapore Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat had announced during his Budget 2018 speech on February 19th that GST will increase from the present 7% to 9% sometime in the period between 2021 and 2025. When GST was first implemented in Singapore, it was only at a rate of 3%.<\/p>\n
This confirms the world-wide trend about GST, that once GST is imposed, only goes up. The sole solution available to prevent GST from going up is to abolish it. This is what Pakatan Harapan is promising, to abolish GST within the first 100 days upon taking power, and restore the previous Sales & Services Tax(SST).<\/p>\n
On the other hand, BN continues to laud the GST as necessary to save Malaysia. The choice is clear. By supporting BN, GST will not only be retained but is likely to be increased in future. Only by replacing BN with PH, then GST can be abolished once and for all.<\/p>\n
Singapore as a high-income economy can afford to impose GST. However even then, Singapore carefully started off at only 3% because they were concerned about the negative economic impact. This is unlike Malaysia that started off at 6%, causing economic dislocation and cost of living disruption at the expense of the ordinary rakyat. <\/p>\n
According to the World Bank, for 2016 the GDP per capita for Malaysia is USD 9,503 whilst for Singapore it is USD 52,961. Singapore can afford implementing the GST because it is a high-income economy with a GDP per capita 5.6 times more than Malaysia. That is why the poor and small businesses are worse off in Malaysia as compared to Singapore. <\/p>\n
Ameer Ali Mydin, managing director of popular hypermarket chain Mydin, said that hypermarkets and supermarkets in Malaysia, which control 50% of the grocery market are seeing negative growth because people do not have money. Despite the 5.9% GDP growth rate in 2017, retail sales will be lower because of price rises. Amongst the individual items cited by Mydin is Cameron cabbage gone up by 29% in the last five years, ikan kembung hitam up by 19.5%, Maggi brand chilli sauce up by 38.8% and Ayam brand sardine up by 30.6%.<\/p>\n
Low-income economies that have implemented the GST have suffered from rising inflation and higher cost of living. Malaysians from middle-class downwards are discovering what it is like to be relatively poorer, where their real wage growth rate fails to keep up with either the inflation rate or the GDP growth rate. <\/p>\n
When Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was Prime Minister, he refused to impose the GST when Malaysia faced severe economic crisis, because he knew the adverse economic impact of GST on the poor and small businesses. The present BN regime does not care and is only concerned about filling the financial hole caused by financial scandals, especially the RM 52 billion 1MDB scandal.<\/p>\n
LIM GUAN ENG<\/p>\n
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Kenyataan media Setiausaha-Agong DAP merangkap Ahli Parlimen kawasan Bagan, Lim Guan Eng, di Kuala Lumpur pada 20.2.2018 <\/p>\n
Cadangan kenaikan kadar GST di Singapura sehingga 9% mengesahkan trend sedunia di mana kadar GST hanya akan bertambah naik jika tidak dimansuhkan <\/strong><\/p>\n Menteri Kewangan Singapura, Heng Swee Keat, telah mengumumkan dalam ucapan belanjawan 2018 beliau pada 19 Feb bahawa kadar GST negara berkenaan akan naik dari 7% menjadi 9% dalam tempoh di antara 2021 dan 2025. Apabila GST pertama sekali diperkenalkan di Singapura, kadarnya hanya pada 3% sahaja.<\/p>\n Ini mengesahkan trend sedunia di mana, apabila GST diperkenalkan, kadarnya hanya akan menaik. Satu-satunya jalan penyelesaian untuk menghalang kenaikan kadar GST adalah menerusi penghapusannya. Inilah janji Pakatan Harapan. Kami akan hapuskan GST dalam tempoh 100 hari pertama kami mengambil alih kuasa pemerihanan, dan kami akan memulihkan Cukai Jualan dan Khidmat (SST).<\/p>\n Sebaliknya, BN terus memuji GST sebagai sesuatu yang diperlukan demi menyelamatkan Malaysia. Pilihannya adalah jelas. Dengan memberikan sokongan kepada BN, GST bukan sahaja akan dikekalkan, malah kemungkinan besar akan dinaikkan kadarnya pada masa hadapan. Hanya dengan menggantikan BN dengan PH, barulah GST akan dihapuskan sama sekali. <\/p>\n Singapura adalah sebuah ekonomi yang berpendapatan tinggi, maka ianya mampu melaksanakan GST. Sesunggunya, Singapura amat berhati-hati bila memperkenalkan GST pada mulanya, dengan kadar 3% sahaja kerana mereka khuatir mengenai impak negative terhadap ekonomi negara. Lainlah dengan Malaysia yang mulakan GST pada kadar 6%, mengakibatkan dislokasi ekonomi dan gangguan kadar kehidupan yang menyusahkan rakyat jelata. <\/p>\n Menurut laporan Bank Dunia, pada tahun 2016, KDNK per-kapita untuk Malaysia adalah USD9,503 sementara untuk Singapura adalah USD52,961. Singapura mampu memperkenalkan GST kerana ekonominya jenis pendapatan tinggi, 5.6 kali ganda lebih tinggi daripada Malaysia. Inilah sebab mengapa peniaga-peniaga kecil di Malaysia menderita teruk berbanding dengan Singapura. <\/p>\n Ameer Ali Mydin, pengarah pengurus untuk rantaian hypermarket yang popular Mydin, berkata bahawa hypermarket dan supermarket di Malaysia yang menguasai 50% pasaran runcit di Malaysia telah mengalami pertumbuhan negative kerana orang ramai tiada duit. Sunggpun kadar pertubuhan KDNK adalah 5.9% pada tahun 2017, jualan runcit telah menurun akibat dari harga barangan yang naik mendadak. Antara barang-barang individu yang dinamakan oleh Mydin adalah harga sayur kobis dari Cameron yang naik 29% dalam tempoh lima tahun ini, ikan kembung hitam yang naik 19.5%, sos cili jenama Maggi yang naik 38.8% dan sardine jenama Ayam yang naik 30.6%.<\/p>\n Ekonomi pendapatan rendah yang memperkenalkan GST pasti mengalami kadar inflasi dan kos kehidupan yang naik melambung. Rakyat Malaysia dari kelas menengah ke bawah mendapati kehidupan mereka telah menjadi lebih miskin secara relatif, di mana kadar kenaikan gaji mereka gagal bertanding dengan kadar inflasi atau kadar perumbuhan KDNK.<\/p>\n Apabila Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad masih merupakan Perdana Menteri, beliau enggan memperkenalkan GST walaupun paa masa Malaysia menghadapi krisis ekonomi teruk, kerana beliau sedar dengan kesan impak enonomi buruk yang datang bersama GST khasnya terhadap golongan miskin dan perniagaan kecil. 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Singapore Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat had announced during his Budget 2018 speech on February 19th that GST will increase from the present 7% to 9% sometime in the period between 2021 and 2025. When GST was first …<\/p>\n