Azrul azwar ahmad tajuddin innuendo

Our recent public forum organised by Rise of Sarawak Efforts (Rose) on the topic ‘GST and Periuk Nasi Kitak’ (GST and Your Rice Bowl) in Kuching received an encouraging response from the student community, members of the public and friends from NGO circles.

About 80 people turned up on Saturday night, 3 March 2018, at a local hotel to listen to the two invited panelists, Dr Muhammed Abdul Khalid and Azrul Azwar Ahmad Tajuddin, who are both economists by training.

The forum was organised by Rose in partnership with another NGO known as Lawyer Kamek For Change and had the support of other local NGOs.

Its aim was to raise awareness of the subject of GST, the rising costs of living and other issues affecting young people.

The audience listened attentively to the members of the panel as they answered and discussed a series of questions put to them by the moderator of the forum, Geo