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Top 5 at 5: SST - What Will Cost More in July?
37 mins·17:00, 12 Jun 2025
Top 5 at 5: SST - What Will Cost More in July?
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17:00, 12 Jun 2025
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Guest: Tan Eng Yew, Malaysia Indirect Tax Leader, Deloitte
From July 1st, the Sales and Service Tax expands to cover luxury goods and services like private healthcare, property rental, and education. Tan Eng Yew, Malaysia Indirect Tax Leader at Deloitte, breaks down what consumers and businesses should expect.
Other stories we covered:
• COVID-19 cases on the rise: Negeri Sembilan is seeing a 13% spike in COVID-19 cases, echoing regional surges tied to a new variant that’s highly transmissible but not deadlier. We hear from family medicine specialist, Dr Wong Ying Ling and consultant infectious diseases physician, Dr Sharifah Faridah Syed Omar about boosters, symptom trends, and what vigilance still looks like.
• The financial collapse of local football: Perak FC’s withdrawal from the Super League highlights a larger financial crisis facing Malaysian football with players unpaid and clubs overspending on imports. Sports journalist Nazreen Izahar explains how poor management and licensing issues are sinking our teams.
• Sabah forest gets global recognition: The Pin Supu Forest Reserve has become Malaysia’s first land-based area to join the IUCN Green List for world-class conservation and community stewardship. Lim Teck Wyn, forest conservation expert, explains how local partnerships helped achieve this milestone.
• Brian Wilson, Beach Boys genius, dies at 82: The musical mind behind The Beach Boys’ iconic 1966 album Pet Sounds, has passed away at 82. We look back on his troubled brilliance and lasting legacy, from "God Only Knows" to his battles with mental illness and reinvention in later years.
Image Credit: Shutterstock
Presenter: Sharaad Kuttan, Lee Chwi Lynn
Producer: Sudais Ferhard, Sneha Harikannan, Alia Zefri, Lim Sue Ann
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