That’s what the Prime Minister said earlier today as reported here,
“There will be no further increase to the price of fuel in the country this year despite the possibility of the global price of oil reaching US200 (RM660) per barrel.”
On Sunday 8 June in the morning I visited the Taman Melati market and touched base with the rakyat. The constituents seemed upbeat despite the recent 41% increase in petrol price. The effect will be felt sooner or later as the petrol price increase will have a knock-on effect on the cost of daily essentials and utilities.
During my visit to Taman Melati on Sunday yesterday (8 June 2008), a petty trader by the name of En Anuar Bin Halili of Jalan Air Keroh, Setapak, sought my help to highlight a police report which he had lodged against a Shell petrol station in Wangsa Maju.
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The Badawi administration had promised that the subsidy money saved (RM9.9 billion) from the last petrol price increase will go to improve public transportation.
As far as I can see, the sorry state of affairs of the public transportation had not improved one bit. Where had the billions of Ringgit gone to and for what purpose?
BREAKING NEWS!
The Barisan government has just announced the increase in petrol price by 78 sen per liter at the stroke of 12 tonight.
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Parliamentary Questions for Oral Answers and Written Answers filed by YB Tuan Wee Choo Keong, MP For Wangsa Maju, 0n 02-06-08.
QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWERS
1. YB Tuan Wee Choo Keong [Wangsa Maju] asks the Minister of Home Affairs to state what are the measures the police force has taken or to be taken in the future in order to bring down crime rate in Wangsa Maju and elsewhere in Wilayah Persekutuan?