Hopefully the 2010 National Budget to be announced tomorrow will have measures to ease people's hardship.
Those were the words of Consumer Council of Fiji Chief Executive Premila Kumar who said they would like to see a reduction in the Value Added Tax on items.
According to Kumar, revenue can be sought from higher taxes on gambling, as she said people do this almost every day by the competitions they enter via their mobile phones.
Meanwhile, retailers are hopeful that investments and the economy will turn around come next year.
Fiji Retailers Association President Himmat Lodhia said the global financial situation is improving which is a good sign for smaller countries like Fiji.
Lodhia had earlier said that come the budget announcement tomorrow, they hope there are more business set up incentives to create employment, as well as the re-introduction of duty free shopping to attract more tourists and visiting relatives.
Also the Fiji College of General Practitioners is hoping that the Fiji dollar will soon be revalued, because it will improve all sectors as well as health.
President Dr Ram Raju said they do not see any reason as to why this cannot be done now since things are improving.
Meanwhile, Dr Raju said they also believe the Health Ministry's budget allocation should be increased for next year.
