The domestic trade, cooperatives and consumerism ministry (KPDNKK) has stated all petrol companies and station operators are required to submit an application before giving out discounts on the specified ceiling price of fuel.
In the report by The Sun, its minister, Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin explained the requisite is necessary for the interest of consumers so they are not surprised by the discounts.
“If they (petrol companies and station operators) want to carry out promotions, they certainly must have the plans. Therefore, they must come to us and inform us. If they do that, we can give approval at any time.
“Once approved, we inform the public that certain companies on certain date or period are having promotions. We must make sure there is no surprise for consumer,” he said. No time frame for companies to submit their applications to hold promotions was provided by the minister.
Malaysia will soon switch to a new fuel ceiling price mechanism this Wednesday (March 29), where fuel prices will be announced on a weekly basis instead of monthly. Fuel retailers will be able to follow the government-set ceiling prices or set them lower.
only in bolehland we have this..
Gomen got their priorities upside down. They are more concerned with the whims and fancies of PDAM and always concerned about their needs.
Gomen should focus on giving us clean fuel. Our Ron 95 is still filthy and full of toxic sulphur and other extremely toxic substances.
Euro 2 is so toxic that is was banned in Europe and was quoted to be as poisonous as drinking Roundup neat.
Our gomen should instruct the greedy oil companies to go Euro 5 immediately. Singapore did it already so many years now.
Why must we wait till 2020?
Rakyat had enough nonsense drama. Changes come sooner….
Yes. Change in Slgr, Png, Kltn!
Change if u don’t want to receive BR1M
Wait, din they say will continue? Oh wait, they uturn and say stop. Oh but wait again, they pusing lagi say will be rebranded but still continue.
Aiyooyoo. Now me confusing, so many uturn alredi become roundabout. Can RBA john help clarify?
Change if u don’t want GST.
not that everyone can get br1m anyway. but petrol everyone is using it
Change if you don’t want your tax money to be thrown away as BR1M.
That is because most BN MPs have shares and interest in petrol station operators.
Operators coming more often to their outlets now.Bsnglas dare not simply siphon ice cream/fuel now.
If after 1 month,PDAM still cry losing money,hello…please give up your licence.Thousands on the waiting list.
Must make sure there is no surprise for KPDNKK.
How come with no fuel subsidies but still prices cheaper. Rakyat overpaid last 8years?!!
Obviously you never left bolehland before saying that…..
Cukurlah ada BN, fuel still cheaper than Sg
Cukur lagi. Singaporeans earn 10X more than Malaysians. Currency 3.5X stronger than Ringgit.
Cukur lagi. Normal ranking Singapore Gomen servant earns about SGD8000 (RM26,000)
Normal ranking Putrajaya Gomen servant earns RM1200.
Cukur lagi
U think UMNO men earn less than Sg servants?
Think again
Kenapa harga minyak Malaysia boleh jauh lebih mahal berbanding dengan Arab Saudi sedangkan kedua negara pengeluar minyak. Malaysia merupakan negara yang mempunyai
kekayaan hasil petroleum, hasil minyak kita disalahgunakan.
Arab sekarang jual USD25 sen per litre. Harga baru ini baru kena increase 50%. Sebelum ni, lagi murah.
Cukur
Arab skarang nak perkenalkan GST. So if wanna follow Arab, then cannot complain about GST, right?
All big drama for the rakyat. The fact is, we are now overpaying by nearly RM1 per litre. According to global oil prices, our petrol should be RM1.30 to RM1.50. But we pay RM2.30
Just imagine. 1 person fill up 50 litres, already overpay by RM50. fill up 8x a week, that is RM400 per person.
Calculate that with 10 million motorist.
Where do the billions go?
I dont want to pay “crude oil” but “ron 95” ok.
The billions went to refine, process, transport, and store the crude oil so its ready to pump into ur car.
Compared to the black muck that is crude, very worth it, right?
lol you expect the price of the product (ron95) is same as the crude oil?
Bro. Only an uneducated fool belips that… oh wait..
Hopefully low grade (Ron 95) cheaper price for the Rakyat…
Surprised by discounts? Why not??????
The G wants to stifle competition because certain group of people cannot compete on level playing field….
Bodo piang. If brands wanna gip cheaper and start price war, then everybody wins… oh except for Mother Earth.
Inb4 gomen dedak lettew.
inb4 Team Op sapots polluting environ…
Price change every week, now petrol station if wanted to reduce price still need to apply and have a proper plans? Only one week I wonder what’s kind of plan they expect, maybe by the time one week already gone.
“for the interest of consumers so they are not surprised by the discounts”
What the… you saying !!!
More like for the interest of certain petrol station operators that were backed by BN MPs.
Looking at the bright side, need to make sure pump station did not advertise false price. Cheaper on notice board but higher price at pump. When u complaint, taukeh said..oh, thats last week discaunt maa..so how?
More red tape. So much for open market, free competition. Just let market forces dictate pricing & the gomen can rid the subsidy and charge gst. Win-win for consumer & gomen.
look, lets just save everyone the trouble and thoughtless thinking and just stick to fixed weekly pricing….
Malaysians are a weird bunch, when it comes to banking for eg. they’d rather drive n park, wasting time n fuel, rather than paying for giro or meps
Imagine if certain petrol pumps offering discounts….
suddenly dis week theres traffic jam at highway karak, n den mrr2, den klcc area..
havoc unpredictable traffic jams will occur….just for few cents, n ruins everyone else’s day….
just keep d fixed pricing
Because, at least keep the dealers on competitive on other areas, like cleanliness n etc etc
At the end, all petrol station will be owned by few group of people as individual owned petrol station no longer able to compete with big guys. Let see as it is happened for bus company, taxi company….
I do not understand…what are the differences between fuel retailers can sell at gov ceiling prices or lower And must apply from KPDNKK if want to give discount ?… meaning that…want to sell lower than ceiling price must apply first ?…must apply on weekly basis ?
I assume…they force retailers to sell at ceiling price…
what subject to approval? meaning you are still controlling the price! this weekly floating price with CONTROLLED AND SUBJECT TO APPROVAL thing will only make you richer
Now it gets fishy la,
every month they surprised us. now they said don’t surprise the consumer with discount..what the ..
WHAT NEEDS TO BE APPROVED FOR DISCOUNT (SURPRISE)!???
Did your daughter needs to get gov approval to surprise you on your birthday!?
WHAT KIND OF DISCOUNT CAN SURPRISE US? 70% discount?
Surprises on discount? Who doesn’t want that? What we dont want is surprises on increase of price lorrr…let the petrol stations compete laa with each other… why must u create another layer??
Another layer of bureaucracy, another level of inefficiency. Syabas!