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INSIDE TELLING IT AS IT IS RM428m in page Govt, meat page Digital Services 2 suppliers to 3 Tax collected discuss guidelines ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 30, 2020 No. 7691 PP 2644/12/2012 (031195) www.thesundaily.my FAREWELL PIC ... A group of women taking a wefie during a ferry ride in Penang yesterday before the service is replaced with a speedboat shuttle beginning Jan 1, after which the ferries would be used to transport motorcycles and bicycles only. – MASRY CHE ANI/ THESUN oVaccines safe Cautious to use, but eradication of Covid-19 may be still a long way optimism off: Experts █ BY HAKEM HASSAN research on related viruses were useful to 19, it will be many months to more than a [email protected] these investigations.” year before enough people can receive She said the Pfizer/BioNTech and the vaccine. ETALING JAYA: Malaysians are Moderna vaccines in clinical trials have “Malaysia being a slightly less expected to start getting shown a high efficacy rate of about 95%. developed country and being unlikely vaccinated in the next two to three “The clinical trial findings showed that to have fast and ready access to months, but the question on most the safety profiles of the vaccines were vaccines, it can be anticipated that the Ppeople’s minds is how safe and reliable it good since they involved tens of earliest time for ending the Covid-19 is. thousands of volunteers, with very few pandemic in Malaysia and neighbouring The uncertainty arises from the speed mild side effects reported.” regions would be at the end of 2022,” she page at which it has been developed. Similar Hence, based on the findings of clinical said. attempts at producing a viable vaccine in trials, it can be believed that the vaccines But even when herd immunity has the past had taken years. are safe and reliable. been achieved, ongoing monitoring, 20 Virologist Prof Dr Sandy Loh of Once the majority of the population get potential revaccination and treatment of University Nottingham Malaysia told vaccinated, the next question would be isolated cases will still be needed to theSun that it normally takes more than 10 how long it would take for the vaccine to control the risk of Covid-19, she years to roll out a vaccine and that the end the spread of Covid-19. cautioned. Spot-on in development of the Covid-19 vaccine is an Loh said achieving herd immunity is Post-graduate student Sebastian Su astounding process. the key factor to end the pandemic since it said he believes in the creating sex “The push factor is the fact that it is a would gradually reduce transmissions. reliability of the vaccines global emergency. Enormous funding “People can acquire herd immunity via although numerous Turn to education from different countries has enabled more natural exposure to the virus and/or conspiracy theories have — page 4 research on Covid-19, or SARS-CoV2, and receiving a vaccine against it. While there emerged on the internet awareness FEATURE the many years of previous scientific are now vaccines to protect against Covid- regarding its efficacy. 2 theSUN ON WEDNESDAY | DECEMBER 30, 2020 NEWS WITHOUT BORDERS CASH AID FOR RUBBER SMALLHOLDERS KOTA KINABALU: The federal government has approved a Augment yourselves, monsoon season aid of more BRIEFSthan RM37 million for 61,762 rubber smallholders in the state affected by the wet spell, Sabah Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan said yesterday. bumi contractors urged Jeffrey, who is also Agriculture and Fisheries minister, said each smallholder would receive proactive and be prepared under the petroleum and gas, information RM600 and the payment process oMinister: Firms should expand beyond govt new normal challenges and technology and multimedia.” began on Dec 23. “The Sabah changes.” He said as many as 120 industries Rubber Industry Board is projects to be competitive in private sector He said for contractors to survive depend on the construction processing the payments by in the business world, they must be industry, and they include electronic funds transfers.” He able to identify the many production of building materials, said the year-end rainy season KUALA LUMPUR: Bumiputra online yesterday. opportunities available, Bernama logistics suppliers, developers and affected rubber tapping activities contractors have been told to “Looking at the government’s reported. facilities management. which affected the income of enhance their capacities to make allocations for mega projects, Fadillah said contractors should The construction sector is very smallholders, while global rubber themselves more competitive in the although main contractors are not just focus only on familiar areas important because it employs 15.5% prices were low. He said private sector. selected among big players in the or those that are already taken. of the country’s 8.5 million workers, smallholders can check their Senior Works Minister Datuk Seri G7 category (unlimited tendering Instead, they need to be more he added. eligibility for the cash aid using Fadillah Yusof said they should stop capacity), small contractors still innovative and bold to explore new “Therefore, the government is the e-BMT2020 link at depending solely on government have the opportunity to compete for areas. very sensitive to the impact and www.ligs.gov.my. – Bernama projects. sub-contract work under these “Our country now needs more effect on contractors, especially in “I believe even small contractors projects. entrepreneurs with positive relation to the effects of the Covid-19 JOB OPPORTUNITIES who have a good work record “I really hope bumiputra thinking, and are strategic and pandemic. FOR 1,000 GRADUATES would not have problems securing contractors will continue to work knowledgeable in business to face “Through the 2021 Budget, the KUALA LUMPUR: More than 1,000 jobs in the private sector,” he said hard, have the initiative and be global competition. government has allocated a total of graduates are expected to gain when opening the 41st annual competitive in seizing the “This is where contractors play a RM15 billion to increase the exposure in the construction general meeting of the Malaysian opportunities available. Bumiputra role in diversifying their activities in implementation of infrastructure industry under the Malay Contractors Association contractors have to be more the fields of agricultural technology, projects.” MYJob@Wilayah scheme, that aims to provide temporary employment opportunities to those affected by the Covid-19 economic fallout. Launched in July under the Wilayah Prihatin plan, the scheme offers employment opportunities in five other fields, namely services, maintenance, cleaning, manufacturing and packaging. – Bernama ‘Lower revenue when GST axed’ KUALA LUMPUR: The previous government’s decision to abolish the ARTICULATE ... Goods and Services Tax (GST) has to Entrepreneur and some extent affected the country’s Cooperatives revenue, said Deputy Finance Development Minister Minister I Datuk Abd Rahim Bakri. Datuk Seri Dr Wan He said the country faced a Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar revenue shortfall when GST was stressing a point while abolished and replaced with the speaking in the Sales and Service Tax (SST). Dewan Negara “GST was introduced in 2015 yesterday. before the government decided to – BERNAMAPIX abolish it in 2018. Judging from data, GST collection was RM44 billion a year and the total during its implementation was RM133.1 billion while SST collection was just RM21 billion annually,” he said when winding up the debate on the Sales Work together to achieve Sabah plan, says CM Tax (Amendment) Bill 2020 in Dewan TUARAN: Sabah Chief Minister will work together as a team and Hajiji said the appointment of state government has allocated Negara yesterday. Datuk Hajiji Noor has called on local take the responsibility to ensure that district councillors was aimed at RM25.5 million in its 2021 budget He said GST collection was higher authorities and district councils to the plans and aspirations of the assisting local authorities in policy- for various public facilities in 24 as the taxation system was more work with the state government to government can be implemented making, planning and monitoring local authorities throughout Sabah, comprehensive and charged on all ensure the success of the state’s transparently and effectively. its development programmes, in addition to the RM4 million taxable goods and services at all strategic five-year development “Councillors should also be hence the need for them to allocated to drive and boost the stages, compared to SST, which was plan, dubbed the Sabah Maju Jaya proactive, especially in delivering understand their roles as well as to economic growth of new towns. deemed a single-stage tax and Plan (SMJ) 2021-2025. services to the people. Equip uphold integrity, transparency and To strengthen the imposed only on manufacturers. SMJ, scheduled to be unveiled in yourselves with knowledge and public accountability. competitiveness of local authorities Nevertheless, Abd Rahim January, is a development strategy understanding of your functions, “To bring change in the in terms of working capital, the state admitted that there was a weakness to revive the state’s economy and roles and duties to facilitate the administration and management of government has also allocated in the implementation of GST, which promote the socio-economic well- development planning and local authorities, the duty of district RM36.53 million to local authorities has indirectly affected the people. being of the people. implementation,” he said yesterday councillors is not only to receive in next year’s budget, he said. He said the government would Hajiji said all parties involved at the swearing-in ceremony and complaints from the people but also “I hope these allocations will be consider the views and acceptance of should be sensitive and proactive in presentation of letters of to go to the ground to get a clearer put to optimal use by all the local all parties, including the people, on implementing all initiatives by the appointment to 20 new Tuaran picture of the problems faced by the authorities in Sabah to provide the possible reintroduction of GST.