MALAYSIA - MTUC wants RM300 COLA for private sector
The trade union has also requested the government to raise the individual income tax relief in the 2014 Budget.

The proposal include a request for the government to defer implementing the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
MTUC president
Mohd Khalid Atan said the implementation of GST would impact the lower
income group as they were already hit by spiraling costs of goods and
services each year.
“Consumers will
have to bear consumption tax if GST is implemented and it will certainly
burden the lower income group even though the amount may be small,” he
said
.
Minister in the
Prime Minister’s Department Abdul Wahid Omar was reported as saying the
government was still studying the GST to evaluate its impact on
inflation, and the best method of implementation.
Mohd Khalid said
MTUC also hoped that the 2014 Budget scheduled to be tabled on Oct 25,
would consider giving RM300 cost of living allowance to private sector
workers facing the hardship of rising prices of goods and services.
He also requested
the government to raise the individual income tax relief in the 2014
Budget, as well as increase tax relief by RM1,000 for each child for
those with families.
Mohd Khalid
however, welcomed the proposal for a two-stage distribution of the
1Malaysia People’s Aid next year as a good approach to relieve the
impact of inflation.
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