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Bite the bullet and reintroduce GST, say tax experts

In view of declining revenue collection for the first half of 2021 and it is expected that subsequent collection will continue to shrink due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the implementation of the various iterations of the MCO, tax experts and economists have called on the government to look into alternative avenues to increase the revenue. 

OPR should be trimmed by another 25 bps to facilitate economic recovery — OCBC Bank

Its economist Wellian Wiranto said next Thursday's (Sept 9) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting will take place at a time when global market sentiment appears well-anchored, with the US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell striking a right balance between paving the way for tapering and divorcing that from rate hike expectation

YTL Hospitality REIT in acquisition mode as yield-accretive assets emerge

AmInvestment Bank in a company report today said YTL Hospitality REIT highlighted that its management will remain disciplined in evaluating prospective acquisitions, favouring arrangements that provide guaranteed income such as master leases to mitigate any potential short-term post-acquisition pain as the hospitality and travel industries struggle with the damage inflicted by Covid-19 and subsequent movement restrictions