{"id":15407,"date":"2015-04-10T16:42:34","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T08:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=15407"},"modified":"2015-04-10T16:42:34","modified_gmt":"2015-04-10T08:42:34","slug":"pm-wants-malaysians-to-defeat-errant-shops-and-eateries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/pm-wants-malaysians-to-defeat-errant-shops-and-eateries","title":{"rendered":"PM Wants Malaysians To \u201cDefeat\u201d Errant Shops And Eateries"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak wants consumers to \u201cdefeat\u201d errant businesses who are taking advantage of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) to increase their prices.<\/p>\n
It is within their power to choose \u201cwhere they want to shop or eat\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are so many others to go to. Use your power as consumers. Sooner or later, these businesses will lose consumers,\u201d the Prime Minister said in a recent TV3 interview.<\/p>\n
At the interview, Datuk Seri Najib also said that the Government had considered all factors and prepared for the implementation of GST for a long time.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not a new issue as it has been discussed since the 1980s. This is the right time to enforce it because the global oil price has dropped,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n