• YOUR SAY: The Great Fuel Price Hike
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  • The following are a selection of the letters received by Malaysiakini over the past few weeks on the country's biggest ever fuel price hikes.

    Late last month, the government slashed fuel subsidies that led to prices increasing between 18.5 percent and 23 percent. In less than two years, the petrol price has gone up by 40 percent while diesel now costs 102 percent more.

    Here are the views from 100 of our readers:

    • Spare a thought for poor pensioners
    • Pemuda Umno dan kain pemidang
    • Diesel solution not so simple
    • Govt leaders trying to fool us
    • Hard to justify huge, one-off oil price hike
    • Petronas has been systemically drained
    • Petrol price: Take into account local conditions
    • Twin Towers project a good decision
    • High time for present govt to step aside
    • No need for gas tank stickers, save money
    • Diesel solution to high oil prices
    • Let car prices be at market rates too
    • S�poreans can�t �smuggle� petrol
    • There should be no oil price hike. Period
    • Cabinet committees: Aiming for a world record?
    • Pak Lah should read �Letters to the Editor�
    • Why aren�t salaries also rising?
    • Minister on LRT: Cheap publicity stunt
    • Rakyat to blame too for oil price hike
    • Police chopper stunt dangerous
    • Oil hike move bold, but not wise
    • Water cannons have inflamed passion for justice
    • Dr M�s biggest mistake - spend, spend, spend
    • The small man again forsaken
    • Make an effort to use bicycles
    • Not all that rosy for NZ cyclists
    • Subsidy? What subsidy?
    • The good and bad news of oil hike
    • Oil hike: Heads govt wins, tails I lose
    • Subsidy savings: It�s RM366 million a month
    • Aduhai ... harga gas masak melambung
    • Govt making us look like beggars
    • M�sia lucky to have Pak Lah, Najib
    • Transparency - that�s what we need
    • Kerajaan boros, rakyat tanggung beban
    • Petrol pricing amidst dictatorial system
    • Change governing style, not lifestyle
    • Anger not over fuel price hike
    • Ordinary folk can�t understand
    • Cabinet must experience public transport nightmare
    • We�re paying four times more for oil
    • Sabah looking forward to better public transport
    • Bio-ethanol solution to oil dependance
    • Oil hike: The market view
    • �Understanding� won�t put food on table
    • Price hike shows double standard
    • Subsidies must go but bring in transparency first
    • People have limits to being bullied
    • Mengapa banding harga dengan negara lain?
    • Why cycling to work doesn't work here
    • Protest demo: Kudos to police
    • Fuel price increase: How to cope
    • RM4.4 billion: Hold govt accountable
    • Oil prices in Malaysia still cheaper
    • Govt must come to its senses
    • Lawmakers in towers of unreality
    • Increase should have been higher
    • Fuel hike: Najib no economist
    • Oil hike: Govt right, start using bicycles
    • Fuel subsidy: The durian story
    • Remove wall around Petronas and its wealth
    • Tukar kerajaan, bukan cara hidup
    • Improved public transport won�t happen
    • Rakyat won�t work with PM
    • Make Petronas accountable to rakyat
    • Govt abuse and waste, rakyat suffering
    • Economy: At least half-plug all leakages
    • Harga: Naik dan terus naik...
    • Fuel hike: The damage has been done
    • Enough is enough
    • We�re supporting Proton, hike unfair
    • Petronas must be boycotted over fuel hike
    • Minyak naik harga, darah pun naik
    • Petrol hike �cos gov�t broke?
    • Minyak naik - biarkan, biarkan
    • What about revenue collected from road taxes?
    • Accord, Camry cheap in the US
    • Subsidy savings: Buy �em luxury buses
    • MAS no longer qualifies for our help
    • Kenaikan minyak disebabkan rasuah
    • Adakah rakyat punyai wang untuk berjimat?
    • Ayam menang, kampung tergadai
    • I want the new Honda Civic but...
    • Rakyat only getting lip service
    • BN, treat us with more respect
    • Economy: Mahathir was right about spending
    • Fuel price hike: Deliver promises fast
    • TM, MAS rugi, harga minyak naik
    • Be grateful air is still free
    • Pemimpin sudah mudah lupa diri
    • US oil price high, but import duties nil
    • Fuel hike politically incorrect decision
    • BN stands for �Barang Naik�
    • Kurangkan beban cukai rakyat
    • Pemuda Umno dan kain pemidang
    • Calm down and please bear with BN
    • Jangan jadi dangkal mengecam kerajaan
    • Bagaimana hendak ubah gaya hidup jika ...
    • Harga: Naik dan terus naik...
    • Minyak naik harga, darah pun naik
    • Rakyat harus protes harga minyak naik
    • �Passing the buck� culture cancerous
    • Time to go, Pak Lah
    • Pensioners hit badly
    • Price increase - what was the fuss?
    • Rakyat must question RM4.4 bil allocation