Second reading of GST Bill deferred

Publication: NST

Date of publication: Apr 9, 2012

KUALA LUMPUR -- The second reading of the Goods and Services Tax Bill 2009, scheduled for today, has been deferred to another date.

Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussin made the application to withdraw the bill from the agenda at the start of the Dewan Rakyat sitting today.

He said a new date would be decided later.

Meanwhile, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Liew Vui Keong had also applied to defer the second and third readings of the Legal Profession (Amendment) Bill 2012 to the next sitting. -- Bernama