PETALING JAYA, July 10 -- DAP's Lim Guan Eng has questioned whether Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's recent announcements on easing burdens faced by micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) reflect genuine concern or political expediency.

Lim, the Bagan MP, said Zahid's pledge to review the e invoicing system and the mandatory 2 per cent Employees Provident Fund (EPF) contribution for foreign workers was welcome, but overdue.

"These issues had been raised repeatedly in and outside Parliament for nearly two years without any input from Zahid," he said in a statement today.

Lim urged the government to raise the annual turnover threshold for e invoicing to RM5 million to ease compliance costs for MSMEs. He also que...