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Setuju cukai rokok bangun semua sukan


KUALA LUMPUR - Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek bersetuju dengan pandangan pemimpin dan tokoh sokong agar hasil kutipan cukai rokok bukan sahaja digunakan oleh pembangunan sukan bola sepak sahaja tetapi kepada semua sukan-sukan lain.

Katanya, bukan sukan bola sepak sahaja boleh manfaatkan cukai tersebut, malah sukan-sukan lain seperti badminton dan lain-lain yang sebelum ini pernah mendapat tajaan dari syarikat rokok ketika menganjurkan kejohanan kebangsaan.

"Selepas penajaan dan iklan dari syarikat rokok tidak dibenarkan dalam beberapa jenis penganjuran sukan di negara ini, sebagai ganti sebahagian dari cukai yang dikenakan boleh digunakan dalam pembangunan sukan," katanya pada sidang akhbar selepas mempengerusikan persidangan Majlis Perundangan Belia Negara di sini, semalam.

Jelasnya, kerajaan melalui Kementerian Kewangan perlu menimbangkan perkara ini dengan melihat dari pelbagai aspek bagi memperkembangkan lagi kegiatan sihat.

"Selain dari bola sepak dan sukan-sukan yang lain hasil kutipan cukai itu juga boleh digunakan untuk aktiviti belia seterusnya melahirkan masyarakat yang sihat.

"Jika tidak ada apa-apa halangan kertas cadangan bagi penggunaan wang ini (kutipan cukai rokok) kepada tabung pembangunan sukan akan di kemukakan kepada kabinet pada 6 Januari akan datang," katanya.

Ahmad Shabery berkata, perkara tersebut dijangka mampu mencetus satu bentuk perbincangan yang baru.

"Saya berharap perkara ini dipertimbangkan sebaik mungkin agar ia dapat mencetuskan dimensi baru bagi kegiatan sukan dan belia negara kita," katanya.

Sabtu lalu, Kementerian Belia dan Sukan (KBS) dilaporkan akan mencadangkan kepada Kabinet agar sebahagian daripada hasil kutipan cukai rokok disalurkan untuk pembangunan bola sepak.

Menterinya, Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek berkata, hasil kutipan cukai tersebut akan dijadikan dana untuk mengisi Tabung Pembangunan Bola Sepak Negara.

Beliau berkata, sebelum ini, bola sepak menerima banyak penajaan daripada syarikat rokok namun, kini syarikat berkenaan tidak lagi berbuat demikian selepas pengharaman iklan rokok.

Kelmarin, cadangan KBS itu mendapat reaksi yang positif dari beberapa orang pemimpin dan tokoh sukan ketika dihubungi Utusan Malaysia dan turut meminta kerajaan agar menggunakan wang berkenaan dengan cara yang berhemah. UM

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