The cabinet's decision to increase the price of petrol and diesel is apparently to stem the increasing cost of subsidizing petroleum products to the rakyat. Reading beyond the headlines, the reasons are further explained that it is to control:
i) Wastage - by way of inefficient use of petrol; and
ii) Abuse - by way of liiegal smuggling
It seems our cabinet is worried that Malaysians, with petrol being so cheap in comparison to the world, will find it compelling enough reason to drive around aimlessly and leave our furnaces burning for fun...
Then again, if we are going to be penalised as a result of unscrupulous and greedy smugglers, should it not be also at the expense of inept enforcement? Of course not. It is the ever-forgiving, all-expending rakyat's priviledge to do their part.
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