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Govt to raise alcohol excise duty by 10% from November 2025, tobacco taxes also up: Anwar

Prime Minister says the move, announced under Budget 2026, aims to promote healthier lifestyles and reduce access to alcohol and tobacco, with additional revenue channelled to the Health Ministry

APHM skips forum on rising healthcare costs, pulls out at the eleventh hour

A lawmaker is understood to have prepared a number of hard-hitting questions for the association's president, who said he was absent due to a patient emergency

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