The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato Abdullah Badawi, officially announced that petrol and also electricity will cost more for Malaysians beginning tomorrow. I only realised this after I checked my handphone at around 6.16 p.m. I had a lot of messages and calls from friends and relatives reminding me to fill up my tank after they heard the news at around 4.30 p.m. At that time, I had just reached Sitiawan and went straight into my study room to surf the Net.
Actually, my petrol tank is quite full (see the second picture) as I had bought petrol when I started my journey from Ipoh in the late afternoon but I wanted to go and check out the situation in Manjung and Sitiawan and in the process top up the petrol tank. The Petronas stations near the Sports Complex in Manjung and the one near, Proton were so crowded that there were massive traffic jams. A similar situation occurred at the Shell and Esso stations in Sitiawan. I finally decided to wait in line at the Kampung Koh Shell station. I waited from 8.30 p.m. until 10.10 p.m. to fill up the tank. It cost me RM 18.00. So, a minute after midnight the price will go up and we have to learn to save petrol and also electricity. Any suggestions?
Here is the latest news update I got from the Star Online:
Petrol to cost RM2.70 from midnight
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Wednesday announced price hikes for petrol, diesel and electricity.He said the new price for petrol is RM2.70 a litre, effective midnight tonight. The price goes up by 78sen from the current RM1.92, a hike of 40%.Abdullah also announced that the price of diesel would be increased by RM1 from RM1.58 to RM2.58.He also said that Tenaga Nasional Bhd would be raising electricity rates by 18% for homes and 26% for business users.The announcements are part of the new fuel subsidy plan.Abdullah also announced a RM625 annual cash rebate per vehicle, for owners of private vehicles with engine capacities of up to 2,000cc, as well as pickup trucks and jeeps with engine capacities of up to 2,500cc.Owners of private motorcycles with engine capacities of up to 250cc will receive RM150.Payment will be made via Money Order upon renewal of road tax, from July 1.For owners of private vehicles with engine capacities exceeding 2000cc, road tax will be reduced by RM200.Owners of private motorcycles with engine capacities above 250 cc will get RM50 reduction in road tax.
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