Malaysia is contemplating the reintroduction of a comprehensive consumption tax rather than reducing subsidies for widely-used gasoline, in an effort to strengthen government finances, sources familiar with the discussions revealed.
馬來西亞正在考慮重新推出綜合消費稅，而不是減少廣泛使用的汽油補貼，以加強政府財政。熟悉討論的消息人士透露。
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's administration is evaluating the feasibility of reinstating the goods and services tax, according to insiders who requested anonymity due to the confidentiality of the information. The decision-making process is still ongoing, complicated by political considerations, they noted.
安華·依布拉欣總理的政府正在評估恢復商品和服務稅的可行性，據要求匿名的知情人士透露，由於信息的保密性。決策進程仍在進行中，受政治考慮的複雜因素所幹擾，他們指出。
Source: Bloomberg
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