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Control Freaks

23-Mar-15 09:35

Control Freaks

Is there too much government control of prices? Petrol prices and GST exempt and zero rated goods are only some of the things that add to the government's administrative nightmare. Those things may not be as big as the nightmare that is 1MDB. On the private side of things, the Liew Kee Sin brand is firmly in control with demands for the man to straddle chairmanship of EcoWorld and Battersea.


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Tags:  pressing mattersP. Gunasegarampetrol pricesGSTzero-rated goodstransportoil pricesGST exemptgovernment policy1MDBroyal commission of inquiryMalaysia's credit ratingLiew Kee SinEcoWorldBatterseaSP Setia





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