Saturday, December 02, 2006

Sabah Tourism players want to be heard

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah’s tourism players want to give their input before the state government proceeds with a plan to impose sales tax on the industry.

Sabah Tourist Association president Clement Lee said while most tourists were well versed with sales and service taxes, the industry was very competitive globally.

The local industry wanted to ensure against pricing itself out of the market, he said in response to Chief Minister Datuk Musa Aman’s announcement on Thursday that Sabah was considering expanding its sales tax base, now limited to 4D lottery, slot machines and palm oil.

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