https://www.scmp.com/rss/268054/feed Thusitha de Silva has been working in the financial media for over 20 years. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The Malaysian government is justifiably concerned about obesity levels in the community but it is difficult to see how the implementation of a sugar tax in the country from July 1 will address this issue. In the absence of an effective public health education framework, the obese are likely to continue to seek out untaxed sweet drinks and desserts to satiate their needs. A tax of 40 sen (10 US cents) per litre will be implemented on all packaged drinks that contain sugar and other sweeteners in... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3016674/sugar-tax-and-other-punitive-measures-wont-help-malaysians-become?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3016674/sugar-tax-and-other-punitive-measures-wont-help-malaysians-become?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Jul 2019 04:00:13 +0000