Govt shuns proposal for cars tax-free

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: Jakarta has rejected a proposal made by the Belu administration, East Nusa Tenggara, to provide a tax-free facility for cars imported from East Timor.

"We have thoroughly assessed the proposal and presented it to the central government, which rejected it upon technical considerations," head of the provincial industry and trade office, Supartantyo, said on Friday. He did not elaborate on the "technical considerations".

He said the proposal to annul taxes for imported cars had been raised not only by East Nusa Tenggara, but also other provinces, but all had been rejected by the central government. -- Antara