Cabutan Khas loter, 4D akan diguna utk kegiatan amal

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Syarikat loteri dan nombor ramalan dibenar mengadakan cabutan khas pada hari-hari tertentu bagi membolehkan keuntungannya disalur untuk kegiatan amal.

Justeru, kata Timbalan Menteri Kewangan II Datuk Lee Chee Leong, cabutan khas hari tertentu selain cabutan tetap pada hujung minggu itu tidak wajar dipertikaikan.

"Sejak insiden wabak Nipah pada 1999, kerajaan membenarkan cabutan khas pada hari Selasa tertentu bagi membolehkan hasilnya disalurkan sebagai bantuan kepada mangsa wabak ketika itu.

"Namun selepas wabak itu, kerajaan tetap meneruskan cabutan khas selain setiap hari Rabu dan hujung minggu, bagi membolehkan syarikat-syarikat loteri menyalurkan keuntungan mereka dalam bentuk biasiswa, pembiayaan sukan dan bantuan kepada badan-badan amal," katanya kepada pemberita hari ini.

Beliau berkata demikian ketika diminta mengulas cadangan pembangkang supaya cabutan khas loteri dimansuhkan kerana merugikan rakyat.

Terdahulu, Lee menyampaikan sumbangan angpau dan hamper kepada 3,000 warga emas dari sekitar Lembah Klang sempena sambutan Tahun Baharu Cina.

Sumbangan itu disediakan Sports Toto Malaysia Sdn Bhd yang memperuntukkan RM1.2 juta untuk diagihkan kepada 16,000 warga emas di seluruh negara.

- Bernama

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‘If you won’t cancel Tuesday draws, reveal profits’


PETALING JAYA: DAP has said that the government must make public the total amount of profit collected on the special lottery draws at every Tuesday.

This was because the government had in the past claimed that profits generated from special draws will be channeled towards corporate social responsibility projects, said the DAP’s national organising secretary Anthony Loke and Kluang MP Liew Chin Tong in a joint statement today.

“We call on the government to exercise transparency in revealing exactly where the proceeds of the Special Draws will go to,” the statement read.

Previously, Liew and Loke have urged the government to end the Tuesday special lottery draws, saying that there is a tendency by the lower-income group to spend their disposable income on it.

Since 1999, the Finance Ministry has allowed special draws to be held on certain Tuesdays. The profits become government revenue.

Liew expressed disappointment towards the government’s decision to maintain Tuesday special draws, saying that the government shouldn’t be reliant on such profits.

“Gambling is a practice that will deplete the disposable income of lower-income families.

“Hence, the practice is a burden on ordinary Malaysians. It affects the disposable income of the lower-income group disproportionately, and it is bad for the overall economy.

He said the Malaysian economy is in need of more domestic consumption to sustain fragile growth and the money spent on such draws would be better spent on goods and services.

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