We will be back!
The demonstration against fuel price hike on last Friday was attended by more than 2000 people. The crowd was angry but well disciplined. Although the authority attempted to provoke the crowd by sending a helicopter to hover just 50 metres on top of the crowd, but the sober crowd caused no untoward incident.In his speech, one of the organisers, Dr. Hatta Ramli has given the government an ultimatum - if the government failed to lower the fuel price in one week time, we will stage another demonstration at the same venue (KLCC) this Friday (10 March). He has also told the crowd to bring along cooking pot and frying pan, to symbolise the government's ignorance on the people's rice bowl.
Fellas, are you joining us this Friday?
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posted by Chang Lih Kang 郑立慷 @ 12:08 PM
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2 Comments:
but isn't fuel in malaysia comparatively cheap?
stress on comparatively.
what about renegotiating...yes to fuel hike, subject to lowering car tax?
increase fuel, impose congestion charges, but reduce car tax.
yaya....comparatively cheap. But please also bear in mind that Malaysia is a net exporter of petroleum. Therefore, it doesn't make sense if we compare our petrol price with other countries that are not petroleum exporter.
For instance, Aussie will not increase their apple price by saying "Hey look! Ours are even cheaper than the apple price in Malaysia......" See?
Further more, if we really want to compare, vehicles price are much more cheaper in Thailand and Indonesia. Goods are much more cheaper in most of the South East Asia countries. So what is the rationale here?
If the government can improve the public transport, many people will be willing to pay the additional increment. Nevertheless, the track records of the government are damn bad. Nothing will be materialized even promises after promises had been made. So, the only way to convince the people, is increase the price after they have improved the public transport system.
Lest we forget, before the latest increment, our fuel price had already leapt RM0.25 since 2004 General Election. Where have all the money gone?
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