The PM's announcement on Wednesday evening triggered chaos across the country as motorists swamped fuel stations to fill up before the new price took effect, bringing traffic to a standstill not only in Kuala Lumpur, but my beloved Puchong area as well!!
Some shop owners who usually finishes work at 6pm have to drive back to shop & hang out for hours before they can leave due to massive jam lining right outside Petronas & Shell fuel station. The queue was so long until it lead to a massive jam to the highway, what I can say it, it causes inconveniences to all RAKYAT!! I have to stay at home till 9.30pm before I can head out for dinner with "H", but the traffic is still horrible!
The new pump price for petrol will be RM 2.70 (US$ 0.87) and RM 2.58 for diesel. Petrol previously costs RM 1.92, which was claimed among the cheapest in Asia. I wonder how much it would costs to pump Shell V-Power then?
First, it was increase of food, now it's fuel & raw materials, next it's electric and like all protestors says, "Petrol is hiked but salaries are not!".
Now that the ringgit currency sank, I wonder how would we survive in the next coming months?
Good news for Thais and Singaporeans though, as they are now allowed to buy fuel at border petrol stations after a recent ban was lifted in view of the subsidy cut.
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