Panans: 3 bekas Finance Minister risau duit negara makin kurang!!

Cukai Rokok dan AES Cara Pantas Jana Hasil- A.Kadir Jasin

 

 

SAYA merokok ikut-ikutan selama dua tahun apabila mula bekerja pada tahun 1969. Selepas itu berhenti terus. Saya nasihati orang yang rapat dengan saya jangan merokok, berhenti merokok atau kalau tak tahan sangat, cuba kurangkan merokok.

Saya benci sikap penghisap rokok yang tidak bertanggungjawab dan tidak sopan. Mereka tidak peduli orang yang tidak merokok. Mereka buang puntung rokok yang masih menyala sesuka hati. Pengotor.

Jadi, saya sepatutnya mengalu-alukan kenaikan tiba-tiba harga rokok dan tembakau mulai 22 Oktober yang diumumkan oleh syarikat pengeluar rokok dengan persetujuan Jabatan Kastam Diraja Malaysia.

British American Tobacco Malaysia (BAT Malaysia), pengeluar terbesar, menaikkan harga semua produk sebanyak 20 sen. Ia berkata, pihaknya telah dimaklumkan oleh Jabatan Kastam Diraja Malaysia pada 18 Oktober mengenai kebenaran menaikkan harga kilang rokoknya antara 26 peratus hingga 58 peratus bermula Jumaat 19 Oktober.

Saya terus mengalu-alukan usaha mengurangkan tabiat yang merosakkan kesihatan itu, tetapi langkah menaikkan cukai melalui kenaikan harga itu “menceritakan” sikap kerajaan, khasnya Perdana Menteri merangkap Menteri Kewangan, Mohd Najib Abdul Razak selain kemungkinan bahawa Perbendaharaan memerlukan pendapat segera.

Lazimnya, pengumuman kenaikan cukai rokok dan arak dibuat ketika pembentangan belanjawan negara. Tetapi, Mohd Najib tidak melakukannya ketika membentangkan Belanjawan 2013 pada 28 September lalu.

Jadi, kenapa agaknya beliau berbuat begitu?

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Deputy Finance Minister yang mangkuk!!

Yes, Minister; No, Minister

By: HishamH

I was alerted to this yesterday by a reporter. Sometimes I wonder…do our politicians do any fact checking at all, or do they just pluck figures out of the air?

Our esteemed Deputy Minister of Finance needs some help (excerpt):

Govt to spend on devt, keep debt manageable, says Deputy Finance Minister
KUALA LUMPUR: The government will have to continue spending on development while at the same time keeping national debt at a manageable level, says Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai…
…As at December 2011, the ratio of national debt to the gross domestic product (GDP) reached 51.8%.
"Of course the debt figure is quite high but we have to spend money on infrastructure, healthcare and so on.
"We want to cut down the figure, which in most developed nations is 100% while in the United States it is 200%," he told reporters after delivering a keynote address at the "Forum on Private Retirement Scheme in Malaysia." …
…Lim said the government would work hard not to exceed the debt ceiling of 55% of the country's GDP which was increased from 45% in July 2009…
…Lim also said the country's dependence on the oil and gas (O&G) sector would eventually be lower going forward as the government had beefed up efforts to broaden its revenue base.
Lim said currently, the O&G sector supplies about 35% of government revenue, followed by the commodity sector (palm oil and rubber), manufacturing, retail market and tourism.
"The dependence level in the 1990s was as high as 50% and we have come down now with the expected increase in contribution from the services sector given the efforts put in place to boost the industry," he explained. - Bernama