Breaking News - Petrol Prices in Malaysia to Rise High
By platinumgirl on Jun 4, 2008 in Coffee Talk
Its true and its the inevitable. Prices of petrol here in Malaysia will increase at the strike of midnite today. Here’s the news
“Malaysia’s petrol price will rise 40% to RM2.70 ($0.84 dollars) a litre from Thursday as controls are removed under a revamped subsidy system, the prime minister said.
“Effective from tomorrow, 5 June 2008, the price of petrol will be raised by RM0.78 and the price of diesel will be raised by RM1,” Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi told a press conference.
“The new price of petrol will be RM2.70 while the new price of diesel will be RM2.50,” he said. Petrol currently costs 1.92 ringgit (0.60 dollars) at the pump, among the cheapest in Asia.”
The idiot*c Malaysian government go on and on about how our petrol prices are the cheapest in Asia, but they should clearly understand that we produce our own petrol unlike some Asian countries which has no such capacity.
Tell me what is next. When August 2008 comes, the price of petrol may even touch RM3 to RM4. Just a few days ago i read in the news about Najib squashing rumours that petrol will increase and what do you know, when the price increases .. it gets increased almost immediately !!!!
And you know what i think, i think the BN Government knows that they will lose the majority in the next elections, so now korek korek korek duit la, apalagi !
We’re feeling the pain here in Australia too. The price recently hit a record of AUD$1.62 (about USD$1.55) at the pump in Melbourne. The price of diesel is even higher that.
Kham | Jun 5, 2008 | Reply
Everything so damn expensive nowadays.. prices continue to shoot up never coming down. I call this Malaysia’s Price shooting exploration.
Soon everyone gonna just eat white roti !
That night before the petrol price increase, you should come to my place and see the shell petrol station…. it causes the jam to spill out to the seremban KL highway ! Luckily we still got alternative road to escape !
chilicandy | Jun 8, 2008 | Reply
Ya, they korek korek, we jimat jimat. what a pity..! Just feel like our life is only getting worse and worse. Is this what should happen in a modern society? It’s really ironic.
yukisuki | Jun 9, 2008 | Reply
Kham - Yeah diesel price increase was way more than petrol. Its just so crazy.
Chili - Yeah, i was out to Tesco Xtra Cheras and the station in between Tun Razak and Tasik Selatan was so packed with a long queue. When we came back, the queue was longer and went up to the U-turn bridge. So whoever wants to u-turn, bad timing.
Yuki - Gov say stupid things like jimat penggunaan and whatever but they are the ones who waste our money. Go overseas rombongan must bring a whole bunch of id*ots for nothing.
platinumgirl | Jun 9, 2008 | Reply
I was wondering why people were queuing up at Petronas the other day, until my dad SMSed me to say.. “Fill your car till full coz petrol price is going up to RM2.70 per liter.. ”
Can feel the pain now..
cdason | Jun 14, 2008 | Reply
on the plus side, driving into the city is much more smoother now….
*sigh*… if only they takes away the toll…
chilicandy | Jun 26, 2008 | Reply