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Updated 24 August 2010
No tax rebate for ‘Ice Kacang Puppy Love’

LOCALLY-PRODUCED Chinese movie Ice Kacang Puppy Love, which was a box-office hit after raking in RM4mil, will not enjoy entertainment tax rebate as it has been classified as a foreign movie, China Press reported.

The movie, directed by Tan Kheng Seong or popularly known as Ah Niu who made his name in Taiwan with his pop songs, does not meet the criteria for a 20% rebate as less than 60% of the movie script was in Bahasa Malaysia.

The cast of the movie included other Malaysians who had made it big overseas like Lee Sinje, Victor Wang, Gary Chaw and Fish Leong.

The newspaper quoted Federation of Chinese Associations of Malaysia president Tan Sri Pheng Yin Huah as saying that the Treasury Department should waive the tax.

“This movie did not only receive impressive box office in Malaysia but also good reviews from Taiwan and other countries.

“The authorities should appreciate the movie rather than penalise it,” he said.

Ah Niu, who shot to fame in Taiwan with his hit song Look over here, girl across the street, directed and produced his maiden movie under his newly set up film production company Very Good Pictures.

The movie was based on his childhood in Penang, and Ah Niu played a secondary school student who was secretly in love with a school mate, played by Lee.

Wang, Chaw and Leong play the pair’s childhood friends.
Source : The Star

If not, let me tell you what was being said in the video above.

Ah Niu 阿牛 陈庆祥 is a MALAYSIAN singer/actor and recently became a director with his movie 初恋红豆冰 Ice Kacang Puppy Love. A local movie production featuring heritage sites from Penang talking about a simple love story with a whole cast of MALAYSIAN born artists.

From the video above, the host actually ask Ah Niu 阿牛 that did he managed to settle his debts which he replied NOT YET.

Alright, for your information, Ah Niu 阿牛 have spent all his savings on making this movie happening, he placed a lot of effort in it to fulfill his dreams of directing as well as sharing the background of where he grew up - PENANG, MALAYSIA and he had to even borrow money to get this movie up in the last stage of production. Thus resulting in him in debts.

Now, this LOCALLY made movie production 初恋红豆冰 Ice Kacang Puppy Love is categorized as A NON LOCAL MOVIE/FOREIGN MOVIE by Malaysian Government as what Ah Niu 阿牛 the director have said in the video above. Why? because the language used in the film is Mandarin.

Only local production films using “Bahasa Melayu” can be categorized as MALAYSIAN made films.

Thus with that reason, the Malaysian Government can get 20% profitfrom total gross as tax.

Eh since when we have such stupid government policy? Does the policy/rule really exist?

I mean like, if yes, then a MALAYSIAN working so hard to make a LOCAL MALAYSIAN FILM and even promoted a few places in PENANG, MALAYSIA end up having the film categorized as a NON-MALAYSIA FILM/OVERSEA FILM and have to “buta-buta” give 20% to the MALAYSIAN Government, Woots!!

How is it that our local movie industry is going to grow if that’s the case?

Do we plan to have our movies making it big with such policies?

No wonder nobody is really willing to go on with local movie productions that uses English/Mandarin/Tamil in it.
*No i’m not condemning the Malays, i’m against the stupid policy that’s all.

*shakes head*