• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • RSS
  • Archives
  • Subscribe
The Nut Graph

The Nut Graph

Making Sense of Politics & Pop Culture

  • Projects
    • MP Watch
    • Found in Conversation
  • Current Issues
    • 6 Words
    • Commentary
    • Features
    • Found in Quotation
    • News
  • Columns
  • Interviews
    • Exclusives
    • Found in Malaysia
  • Multimedia
    • Audio
    • Pictures
    • Videos
  • Corrections
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Vault
    • Found in Translation

petrol

Keeping subsidies: Caring or irresponsible?

By Gan Pei Ling

June 6, 2011

Is it caring or irresponsible of the government to maintain government subsidies? Our government seems undecided. On one hand, RON95 and diesel prices have been maintained “for the people’s sake”, despite the heavy subsidy cost. On the other hand, electricity tariffs have been raised because it would be “irresponsible” of the government to keep the people happy but make them suffer in the long-term. So, which is it?

RON95 petrol at RM1.75 per litre from Sept

May 12, 2009

PUTRAJAYA, 12 May 2009: The sale of RON95 petrol at RM1.75 per litre will be implemented from 1 Sept as an alternative to RON97 whose price will be increased to RM2.00 per litre. At the same time, RON97 would be made a premium product while RON92 would be removed from the market, said Domestic Trade […]

Claims for cash rebate extended to 14 April

March 19, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, 19 March 2009: Claims under the cash rebate disbursement scheme for vehicle owners have been extended to 14 April. In a statement here today, Pos Malaysia said the government had informed the company about the extension. It said eligible vehicle owners are encouraged to renew their road tax personally at any post offices […]

Petrol, diesel price drops 10 sen tomorrow (Updated)

December 15, 2008

Updated 6:58pm 15 Dec 2008 KUALA LUMPUR, 15 Dec 2008: Petrol and diesel prices have been reduced by 10 sen a litre from tomorrow. In announcing the reduction today, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the RON97 petrol will be sold at RM1.80 a litre from RM1.90 and RON92 petrol at RM1.70 from […]

Petrol, diesel price down by 10 sen

December 2, 2008

KUALA LUMPUR, 2 Dec 2008: The retail price of petrol and diesel will be reduced by 10 sen a litre each effective tomorrow, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announced today. The price of petrol RON97 will be reduced from RM2.00 a litre to RM1.90, petrol RON92 to RM1.80 from RM1.90 while diesel to […]

Petrol, diesel prices down by 15 sen per litre tomorrow

November 17, 2008

KUALA LUMPUR, 17 Nov 2008: The petrol and diesel prices will be reduced by 15 sen per litre each effective tomorrow, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak announced today. The new retail price for Ron97 is priced at RM2.00 per litre from RM2.15, Ron92 at RM1.90 from RM2.05 and diesel at RM1.90 from RM2.05. […]

Govt mulls fixing minimum petrol price

November 11, 2008

PUTRAJAYA, 11 Nov 2008: The government does not dismiss the possibility of fixing a minimum retail price for petrol and diesel despite the declining price of oil in the world market. Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad said this would help the government save on subsidy and that the money could […]

Primary Sidebar

Search

Twitter

My Tweets

Recent Comments

  • Wave33 on The Nut Graph stops publication
  • Adam on The Nut Graph stops publication
  • PSTan on The Nut Graph stops publication
  • PSTan on The Nut Graph stops publication
  • Andre Lai on The Nut Graph stops publication

Recent News

  • The Nut Graph stops publication
  • Nasihat tentang sepupu yang mengganggu perasaan
  • Uncommon Sense with Wong Chin Huat: The Sunni-Shia split and the answer to Muslim unity
  • Why Malaysia needs the national unity bills
  • Challenging government in the digital age: Lessons from Kidex
  • Najib’s failure
  • Babi, anjing, pondan: Jijik orang Islam Malaysia
  • Kidex and the law – What the government’s not telling you
  • Beyond Dyana Sofya
  • Uncommon Sense with Wong Chin Huat: Does Malaysia need hate speech laws?

Tags

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Anwar Ibrahim Barisan Nasional BN Bukit Selambau by-election dap Deborah Loh Ding Jo-Ann Election Commission elections Found in Malaysia Found in Quotation Gan Pei Ling government high court Hishammuddin Hussein ISA islam Jacqueline Ann Surin Khairy Jamaluddin KW Mak Lim Guan Eng Malaysia MCA Menteri Besar MP Watch Muhyiddin Yassin muslim Najib Razak Pakatan Rakyat Parliament Parti Keadilan Rakyat pas Penang Perak PKR police politics prime minister Selangor Shanon Shah Umno Wong Chin Huat Zedeck Siew

Footer

  • About The Nut Graph
  • Who Are We?
  • Our Contributors
  • Past Contributors
  • Guest Contributors
  • Editorial Policy
  • Comments & Columns
  • Copyright Policy
  • Web Accessibility Policy
  • Privacy Policy
The Nut Graph

© 2023 The Nut Graph