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2014 APRIL FOOL’S DAY JOKE: RON95 IS GOING UP IN PRICE.
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FROM MIDNIGHT, 2 OCTOBER 2014
1. RON95 WILL BE RM2.30 AND NOT RM2.10 PER LITER.
2. DIESEL WILL BE RM2.20 PER LITER.
FROM 1 JANUARY 2015, BUS FARES WILL NO LONGER BE UNDER CONTROL!
Bus fares fixed by the Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board (LPKP), will not be valid starting next year and that over 15,000 schoolbus operators will be under the system.
SPAD announced that schoolbus fares will be deregulated. How it affect you and your monthly household expenditure?
PETALING JAYA: The Land Transport Commission (SPAD) has announced that schoolbus fares will be more flexible starting January next year.
SPAD chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar said the fares will be flexible and based on negotiations between parents and bus operators.
“This decision was made to ensure that the industry provides services of better quality, especially in terms of safety and comfort for students.
This approach follows responses from stakeholders as well as evaluations on the rise of operational costs,” he said at a press conference at the commission’s headquarters, Friday.
Schoolbus operators want a fare hike, how does this affect you and your monthly household expenses?
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Transport Topics 
The average price for regular gasoline at U.S. pumps dropped 5.89 cents to $3.52 in the past two weeks, according to Lundberg Survey Inc.
The survey covers the period ended Aug. 8 and is based on information obtained at about 2,500 filling stations by the Camarillo, California-based company. Prices are 7.79 cents lower than a year ago, the survey showed.
The average, which is the lowest price since March 7, may fall further, but by a smaller amount, and it might not decline at all, according toTrilby Lundberg, president of Lundberg Survey.
“The most powerful factor in the price of gasoline at the pump and at wholesale is crude oil,” Lundberg said in a telephone interview yesterday. “The prospect of a deeper oil price plunge seems diminished.”
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The New York Times 
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Yesterday, it was reported that lorry operators mooted a price increase. Today, it is reported that school bus operators are thinking of a fare hike.
Star
Friday October 3, 2014 MYT 6:56:52 AM
Schoolbus operators want fare hike and subsidy maintained
PETALING JAYA: Schoolbus operators not only want a hike in fares but also want the Government to maintain the special diesel subsidy for the vehicles.
Federation of Malaysian School Bus Operators Associations secretary-general Md Saad Mohamad said they had actually hoped the Land Transport Commission (SPAD) will announce a review of schoolbus fares today following a hike in diesel cost last September.
“However, before that can happen, we are faced with another increase in diesel cost,” he said yesterday.
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The increase of diesel price by 10% will result in the increase in transportation fees by 3-5%.
Free Malaysia Today
Two lorry associations say they have no choice but to pass the cost of increased diesel prices to their customers.
KUALA LUMPUR: Two lorry associations have said that they have no choice but to charge more for transportation thereby transferring the recently announced increase in diesel prices, to their customers.
Pan-Malaysian Lorry Owners’ Association president Jong Foh Jit said the increase was inevitable as refraining from transferring this increase would negatively impact operating costs.
“We can’t do anything about the diesel price increase. However our business relies on this energy source, so we have no other option but to increase our transportation costs,” Jong told a leading Chinese newspaper.
Meanwhile Alvin Chong of the Selangor Lorry Owners’ Association said the increase of diesel by 10% would result in the increase in transportation fees by 3-5%.
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Motorists in Malaysia rush to fill up their vehicles before the fuel hike kicks in at midnight http://cna.asia/1sMXK0f
Besok pi kerja dgn gaya. Petrol naik tak takut
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Long queue at petrol stations tonight…
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New price for RON95 is RM2.30 and diesel is RM2.20 per litre effective 12.01am
Biz News Malaysia NEWSFLASH: RON95 petrol & diesel price increase by 20sen per litre from 2 Oct. Petrol to cost RM2.30 & diesel RM
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Star
Saturday June 28, 2014 MYT 1:29:35 PM
New measures from Aug 1 to curb abuse of subsidised fuel
KOTA KINABALU: A slew of measures is being introduced nationwide from Aug 1 in a bid to further curb the abuse of subsidised fuel.
Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerism Ministry secretary-general Datuk Seri Alias Ahmad said the ministry would now fix the amount of diesel that each petrol station could sell instead the respective petroleum companies.
He said petrol station operators will also need to submit monthly reports of their diesel and RON 95 petrol sales to the ministry.
Alias told the media here Saturday that all tanker lorries transporting subsidised fuel would be required to be painted blue with the words “Minyak Subsidi” to be emblazoned on them.
He said holders of “fleet cards” such as taxi drivers, mini- and school-bus operators will have to seek approval from the ministry for additional quota once they exhausted their respective allocated amounts of super subsidised fuel.
In addition, a 600,000-litre monthly limit has been placed on the amount of diesel that the 72 petrol stations in Sabah’s east coast can sell.
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Gov Likely To Raise Petrol and Diesel Prices In Sept – Targets RM6.6b Cut In Fuel Subsidies
Judging by the government’s history of implementing new rounds of subsidy cuts every four months, consumers and businesses alike should brace themselves for further increase in petrol and diesel prices in the next quarter, possibly as early as September, reports The Edge.
Citing a report by Maybank Investment Bank, the financial weekly explained that since September last year, the government has been implementing subsidy rollbacks about every four months. Last year in September, prices of subsidised RON95 petrol and diesel were raised by RM0.20 per litre. In October, subsidy cuts were extended to sugar. In January this year, prices of power sector’s gas and electricity tariffs were also raised. Four months later, prices of industrial gas were also raised.
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What took the Ministry so long to realise that there was collusion among the major parties?
WHERE BILLIONS OF RINGGIT ARE INVOLVED, WHAT ELSE DO YOU EXPECT?
Star
Monday June 9, 2014 MYT 10:07:31 PM
Six-month freeze on licensing for Petrol, Diesel wholesales, new petrol stations
PUTRAJAYA: A six-month freeze has been imposed on applications for wholesale diesel and petrol licence, and the opening of new petrol stations of all brands, starting today until December.
Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry secretary-general Datuk Seri Alias Ahmad said the temporary freeze was the part of the Ministry’s effort to combat abuse of the licences.
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Alias said there were elements of abuse in the distribution network of subsidised diesel and petrol, starting at storage depots, wholesalers right up to petrol stations, and the ministry suspected there was cooperation between the parties involved.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/06/09/6-mth-freeze-new-petrol-station/
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Free Malaysia Today
Leaked : RM7 billion in fuel subsidies
MCA wants the government to review fuel subsidy.
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia received a 20 billion litres budget for fuel consumption this year, yet 9 billion litres was lost in leakage.
A Maybank Investment Bank report revealed that leakages cost the government 6 billion litres in RON95 petrol subsidies, and another 3.5 billion litres of smuggled diesel subsidies.
“Converting it to Ringgit, it would amount to at least RM7 billion in subsidies alone, which covers almost one third of 2014 fuel subsidies,” said MCA Economic consultative committee chairman, Chua Tee Yong today.
Chua said that it’s a major concern since the demand for fuel has risen and our oil reserves are depleting.
He also pointed out that even if our petrol and diesel prices are subsidised, the prices of vehicles in Malaysia is extremely high.
“The government needs to consider the review of import and excise duty on cars, other modes of transport and their parts and equipment. With the exception of Singapore, our car prices are very high,” he added.
On top of that, there is the uncertainty of the impact of GST on fuel and diesel.
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2014/06/07/leaked-rm7-billion-in-fuel-subsidies/
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WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF GST WERE APPLIED TO PETROL!
Makaysiakini
Rafizi, in a statement today, claimed the government stands to gain RM3 billion from GST charges for petrol and diesel.
Insisting that the government would implement the tax on the two commodities, Rafizi said his projection was based on last year’s total petrol and diesel usage of 14.05 billion litres and 9.64 billion litres respectively, in accordance with a parliamentary reply given to him.
The additional RM3 billion in tax levied onto the people, he said, would be akin to the government raising fuel costs by RM0.13 per litre for petrol and RM0.12 per litre for diesel.
This, he warned would certainly have a multiplying effect on the costs of goods.
“As such, I urge Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to quickly announce that GST will not be imposed for the purchase of petrol and diesel.
“If he refuses to announce the exemption of petrol and diesel from GST, then he must quickly explain how BN intends to spend the RM3.1 billion collected from the rakyat,” the PKR director of strategy said.
GST for petrol ‘may or may not happen’
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Is this the scheme?
If you earn:
Below RM5k monthly + car below 2000cc: RON95
RM5-10k monthly: only 300litres of RON95 monthly
Above 10k monthly: no RON95
Foreigners, foreign-registered cars: no RON95
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IT WAS SIN CHEW DAILY THAT BROKE THE NEWS ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT’S PROPOSED RESTRICTION OF SALE OF RON95.
Now, Sin Chew Daily is under attack by Jaringan Melayu Malaysia (JMM) and other Malay NGOs ( Gabungan Anti Penyelewengan Selangor, Barisan Bertindak Peniaga Kompleks Niaga Utama Bangsar, and Majlis Jalinan Muhibah Malaysia).
Faizan Mohd Nor, the head of the JMM KL unit, wants the government to teach Sin Chew Daily a lesson by either suspending or revoking its publishing permit.
YAHOO! NEWSMALAYSIA
Sin Chew teamed up with fuel smugglers to trip Putrajaya, Malay group says
The Malay Mail Online
KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 — Jaringan Melayu Malaysia accused the country’s bestselling Chinese-language newspaper of acting as informants to fuel thieves today by publishing reports on the government’s oil subsidy rationalisation programme earlier this week.
The Malay activist group’s deputy president Omar Salleh said the article published by Sin Chew Daily on Wednesday was seditious.
“It is found that they tried to instigate the people to go against the government’s effort to clamp down on the smuggling of diesel.
“It is as if they don’t want the government to implement new policies in giving out subsidised diesel and RON95 to the targeted groups according to the quota,” he told a news conference in Malay at the group’s office here.
Omar said he was not making a racist attack against the Chinese-language paper.
“The facts published by the paper are wrong and was meant to confuse Malaysians,” he said.
The federal government has since disputed the subsidy.
https://my.news.yahoo.com/sin-chew-teamed-fuel-smugglers-trip-putrajaya-malay-044800473.html
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VIRTUALLY EVERYONE IS AGAINST THE WHOLE IDEA!
The Petroleum Dealers Association of Malaysia said the proposed system would be difficult to enforce and would lead to widespread discontentment.
“There will be unhappy consumers, retailers and wholesalers,” said association deputy president Datuk Zulkifli Mokti.
A BHP petrol station owner in Kuala Lumpur said the proposal was too problematic to implement, especially during peak hours.
“Our attendants have no time to differentiate if a car has a two-litre engine or find out if our customers earn more or less than RM5,000 a month,” said the 63-year-old who did not want to be identified.
Star
Thursday June 5, 2014 MYT 8:40:27 AM
Fuel subsidy plan draws more flak
Fuel-ling controversy: Many netizens are urging the Government to reconsider the proposed system.
PETALING JAYA: People are concerned over the proposed system of restricting fuel subsidies based on salaries and vehicle engine capacity.
Online, only a few voiced their support for the proposal while an overwhelming number of netizens urged the Government to rethink the system, which will reportedly allow vehicle owners earning less than RM5,000 a month to enjoy subsidised fuel.
Those who earn between RM5,000 and RM10,000 will be limited to 300 litres of subsidised RON95 petrol and diesel a month.
On Facebook, Marina Jaal said the system would be subject to abuse while Michelle Khoo pegged it as an easy way out in the fight against diesel smuggling.
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Fomca said the Government should be more transparent about its plans for introducing a new mechanism for fuel subsidies.
Its secretary-general Datuk Paul Selva Raj said Fomca supported moves to have targeted subsidies, which could effectively aid people in low-income groups.
“Subsidies should not be for all. However, the Government should lay everything on the table so that we know what is being discussed,” he added.
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YAHOO! NEWS MALAYSIA
Review subsidies to help needy, say experts
The Malay Mail Online
PETALING JAYA, June 4 — Consumable subsidies, like the recent announcement for an improved petrol subsidy system before year-end, are sometimes a necessity to help the poor.
Asli Centre for Public Policy Studies chairman Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam said subsidies in general could not be continued indefinitely because they would undermine the purposes of better economic growth.
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Navaratnam said savings could be derived from withdrawing the subsidy from the well-to-do and address the basic needs of the poor by meeting their infrastructure development requirements.
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Malaysia University of Science and Technology dean of Business School Dr Yeah Kim Leng said the current general subsidy system was inefficient because it benefited everybody including foreign consumers.
“It is best not to have subsidies that are used to support consumption of a product because it leads to market distortion and leakage,” he said.
“Subsidies should be removed, but instead implement income-support or a coupon system to help the poor.”
Yeah said the subsidies were facing a lot of leakages from foreign consumers and smuggling, while benefiting the wrong group of consumers.
https://my.news.yahoo.com/review-subsidies-help-needy-experts-225900711.html
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AS EXPECTED, DENIAL BY THE GOVERNMENT
The Malay Mail Online shared a link.
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Malaysiakini
9:00PM Jun 3, 2014
Fuel subsidy cap ‘mere speculation’, says ministry
Reports that only consumers earning less than RM5,000 and using vehicles with capacity of less than 2,000 cc are eligible to enjoy subsidised fuel, are not true.
Secretary-general of the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism (KPDNKK) Alias Ahmad, said the reports were only speculations.
“The newspaper reports are just speculations as the government had not yet issued in detail the implementation of the move,” he told reporters Putrajaya today.
He said there was a new approach to petrol and diesel subsidies but this would be announced by the government as an in-depth study was still being conducted.
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/264647
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COULD A BLACK MARKET ARISE?
YES. This is how it could happen with RON95.
A married couple, each with an income of less than RM5,000 a month and each with a car registered in their name, is entitled to an unlimited purchase of RON95. Each drives up to a petrol station and purchases a full tank.
After leaving the petrol station, they drive to a workshop run by a syndicate where the petrol is siphoned out. They leave, and go to another petrol station, to repeat the whole process.
The syndicate pays for all the petrol and pays them a fee. It resells the petrol.
That is not the only way for a black market for RON95 to arise.
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Malaysiakini
Worried that latest government move to withdraw fuel subsidies may spark a black market and burden the poor, PKR today urged that the move be debated in Parliament.
PKR strategy director and Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli said he was worried about the huge misstep that the government would be undertaking if it discriminated the market by giving fuel subsidies according to income.
“I worry that if the new subsidy system is not refined and openly debated, it will give rise to a black market for petrol and diesel. This will create an even bigger smuggling problem and involve everyone,” Rafizisaid in a press statement.
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“I worry that if the new subsidy system is not refined and openly debated, it will give rise to a black market for petrol and diesel. This will create an even bigger smuggling problem and involve everyone,” Rafizi (right) said in a press statement.
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/264599
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Malaysiakini
8:52AM Jun 3, 2014
Subsidised fuel for those earning below RM5k?
Does your vehicle have an engine capacity less than two litres and you earn below RM5,000 a month? If so, congratulations.
According to Sin Chew Daily, this would mean that you will fully qualify for the government’s new fuel subsidy scheme once it rolls out in September.
The newspaper reported in its evening edition yesterday that these are expected to be the criteria to determine who will be eligible for subsided petrol and who will not. It applies to both private and company-registered vehicles alike.
Those earning between RM5,000 to RM10,000 a month will reportedly be getting subsided fuel as well, but may be limited to 300 litres of RON95 petrol and diesel.
Foreigners, foreign-registered vehicles, and those earning above RM10,000 may not be eligible at all, and may have to buy petrol at market prices, the report stated.
However, the daily quoted an unnamed Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry official as saying that these details have yet to be finalised.
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/264570
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If you drive a car deemed a luxury car, will you be forced to buy RON97?
I have a Ford Telstar 2.0 Ghia. That’s a luxury car, isn’t it? But it was bought in 1998! It wouldn’t fetch RM10,000 if I sold it today.
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THERE WILL BE A SCHEME TO ENSURE THAT ONLY ELIGIBLE VEHICLES GET TO BUY RON95 OR SUBSIDIZED DIESEL!
What kind of scheme is it? How will it work?
Will it be based on the type of car you drive to the petrol station?
Not too long ago, this nincompoop of an idea was brought up:
*IF YOU OWN A CAR CONSIDERED “NOT A POOR MAN’S CAR”, EXPECT TO BUY ONLY RON97 FOR YOUR “RICH MAN’S CAR”!
IN JANUARY 2014
1. Tengku Adnan brought up the idea of “fuel subsidy only” for the poor. When the rakyat protested, he denied any such plan. He even denied that he had ever said it!
2. Did you think the plan of allowing a “fuel subsidy only” for cars “of the poor” has been abandoned?
3. YOU WOULD BE WRONG.
Read what the Prime Minister said.
Drawing a comparison between the petrol subsidy enjoyed by Perodua Kancil and 2,500cc car owners, Najib said it was not fair that owners of the smaller car enjoyed an average RM900 a year subsidy while owners of flashy cars enjoyed an average RM2,500 subsidy annually.
READ A DEEPER MEANING INTO THE WORDS OF TENGKU ADNAN’S AND NAJIB’S: THE GOVT IS GOING INCREASE THE PRICE OF RON95 SOON!
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A new system will be implemented. How? We still dunno.
When? September onwards.
Gomen target: To save RM9.8 billion through this new system!
What to expect? Petrol naik, Diesel naik?
In short, it’s Barang Naik?
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THERE WILL BE A SCHEME TO ENSURE THAT ONLY ELIGIBLE VEHICLES GET TO BUY RON95!
IT WILL APPLY TO ALL VEHICLES, WHETHER PRIVATE OR COMMERCIAL.
Free Malaysia Today
June 2, 2014
KUALA LUMPUR: The government will introduce a new system beginning Sept 1 to ensure subsidised diesel and petrol is only sold to eligible commercial vehicles.
Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry’s secretary-general Datuk Seri Alias Ahmad said a similar system for private vehicles would be implemented in October or November.
He said detailed information on the new system would be revealed at a news conference soon.
“The government is finalising a new system for about 3,500 petrol stations in the country to ensure the sale of subsidised diesel and petrol is made only to genuinely eligible vehicles.
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