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Jenvid is Right!!! wrote:

finally is morning 10:30am now im going to sleep liao.

i was awake all night thinking why jeff NB me, now got the answer sleeping time. :bboyspin: :bboyspin: :bboyspin:

Huh awake ? Thot u do ur newspaper distribution... hmm change biz oredi har ?

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Malaysia is doing this to spite Singapore on winning the sought after, very small 'Island'......... think jenvid's condo is bigger then the 'Island'.....

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i think they're going one biigg biiiggg biiiiggggg round to shoot their own economy down la. hahah!

sg govt would be happy if the m'sian govt enforces it though.. much less leakages of $$ to m'sia.

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More Updates : - Petrol Rule Reprieve... :thumbsup:

Singaporean drivers seeking to buy petrol across the Causeway in Johor Baru will be spared from Malaysia's new ban on the sale of petrol to foreigners - for one week. This is because the Malaysian government wants to monitor the effectiveness of the ban, which starts on Monday in the northern Malaysian states before implementing it in Johor Baru on June 9.

But for another group - foreign motorcyclists - there is no cause for worry because the ban doesn't apply to them, Malaysia's Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Shahrir Abdul Samad told TODAY in an exclusive telephone interview yesterday. Mr Shahrir said he would make the announcement at a press conference on Monday.

When asked why the government has decided to exempt foreign motorcyclists from the petrol ban, he replied : "It is because we are in favour of the small man. And this includes the small man in our neighbouring countries as well." Mr Shahrir added : "Besides, even if they use petrol, they don't use big quantities."

When asked about the one week delay in implementing the ban for foreign registered cars in JOhor Baru, Mr Shahrir said : "The main problem is with the diesel that is being bought by Thai-registered vehicles in the northern Malaysian states near the Thai border. That is why they want to test the new policy in this part of Malaysia first."

Whereas for Johor, Mr Shahrir said the impact of petrol sale to foreigners is not as visible to Malaysians because 'there are so many more petrol stations there'. "But that does not mean that Singaporeans are not buying petrol at all. Malaysians know," said the minister who is also the Member of Parliament for Johor Baru.

While the nationwide ban appears to stem from the government's desire to stop the sale of petrol to foreigners at the Thai-Malaysian border, Mr Shahrir said he could not just impose a ban in the northern states because he might be seen as 'favouring my own constituency'.

Another twist to the petrol saga may be announced today after a regular Cabinet meeting - the ban on the sale of subsidized petrol and diesel will be extended throughtout the whole country, according to news portal The Malaysian Insider.

The government had earlier announced that the ban would only prevent foreign registered vehicles from buying subsidized petrol and diesel within 50km of Malaysian borders. But Mr Shahrir told TODAY that "nobody will suffer" because they can still buy non-subsidized petrol and diesel outside the 50km zone.

One Singapore motorcyclist who travels occasionally to Johor to pump petrol, is heartened by the news. Mr Zafarin Sarifi, 26, said : "If the petrol price in Singapore keeps going up, then I have the choice to go to Johor to pump petrol more often."

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KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - - Malaysia's government faced demonstrations and public outrage Thursday over its decision to hike petrol prices 40 percent overnight, in a bid to curb its massive subsidies bill.

Opposition groups said they would hold protests in Kuala Lumpur at 11.30am (0330 GMT) and in the northern city of Ipoh at 11.00am over the "unconscionable" increase.

"The fuel increase is both economically inefficient and socially unjust," said Lim Guan Eng, secretary-general of the Democratic Action Party which is part of the opposition alliance.

"So long as rich companies continue to enjoy such fuel subsidies, especially the independent power producers, the fuel increase will be seen as both pro-rich and punishing the poor," he said in a statement.

The new pump price for petrol will be 2.70 ringgit (0.84 dollars) and 2.58 ringgit for diesel. Petrol previously cost 1.92 ringgit, among the cheapest in Asia.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's announcement on Wednesday evening triggered chaos across the country as motorists swamped fuel stations to fill up before the measure took effect at midnight.

Traffic snarls brought streets to a standstill in the capital Kuala Lumpur as up to 100 cars queued at each petrol station which still had fuel to sell, while many others said they had sold out and turned angry customers away.

Abdullah indicated that further increases were in the pipeline as Malaysia moves to completely abandon fuel price controls that would have cost 17.4 billion dollars this year -- about a third of the national budget.

"God willing I hope Malaysians will not demonstrate over this," he said, referring to fury over earlier hikes in a country where public transport is poor and most people are reliant on their cars.

Motorists who turned up at petrol stations Thursday to pay sharply higher prices to fill their tanks were uniformly furious over the decision.

"We can do nothing about this government increase -- we have to buy fuel, otherwise how can we go to work?" said 56-year-old engineer K. Letchumanan.

"For my family it's not so bad as we have two incomes, but the poor people will suffer."

Aminah Rahmat, a 46-year-old streetside vendor who had set up her food stall outside a petrol station, said she could already barely manage on her monthly income of less than 1,000 ringgit (300 dollars).

"The government does not care for our welfare, that is why they have made such a huge fuel increase," she said.

"How can I afford to pay so much to transport my cooked food to my customers? I will go out of business."

Bus operators said that a third of companies may have to close down and lorry firm said their rates would have to rise, in a move that will trickle down to higher prices for goods and services.

Abdullah is taking a major political risk in removing price controls as he attempts to recover from disastrous March elections that dealt the ruling coalition its worst results in half a century.

Rising prices of food and fuel were a major factor in the ballot, which has triggered repeated calls for the premier to stand down.

"It is not an attempt to be popular, we have to think in the best interests of the people," Abdullah said Wednesday.

Under a revamped subsidy system, drivers of smaller vehicles will receive a cash payment of 625 ringgit to offset the rising cost, equating to subsidising some 800 litres of fuel.

But economists said the subsidy cut was deeper than anticipated, and that the cash payment was not large enough to compensate for average use.

Abdullah said the price hike could suppress economic growth and drive up inflation as high as 5.0 percent this year, from current levels of 3.0 percent in April.

As part of the subsidy reform, industry and power producers will be charged higher prices for gas from July. Electricity tariffs will rise 18 percent for householders, and 26 percent for commercial and industrial users.

But there was good news for Thais and Singaporeans who will now be allowed to buy fuel at border petrol stations after a recent ban was lifted in view of the subsidy cut.

Source: http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080604/tap-malaysia-energy-oil-inflation-0193655.html

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