
PM: No guarantee petrol prices won't go up further
Originally car owners were to get their rebates from July 1 but this has been brought forward to June 14. Also the PM refuses to give any undertaking not to further increase petrol prices.



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Among the new measures, the paid holidays of ministers and their families will now be restricted to Asean and local destinations.



‘All this subsidy talk is merely moving money from the right pocket into the left pocket. What really is the issue is how all our oil money was spent.’

Lim accuses Koh of waging psychological warfare on the issue of foreign investments in an attempt to undermine his state government.

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Oil depletion, the rise of fuel-hungry emerging markets and global warming are not new issues. Can we fault the government for our present woes? You bet.

'There are about 100 islands and formations in our country which need to be mapped and have their status determined,' said Foreign Minister Rais.














The former chief minister wants to focus more on his role as Gerakan acting president and concentrate on national issues.

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PAS believes that the special session is needed to debate the recent fuel price hike which the opposition party calls an 'extreme' action.



The oil company's CEO says governments must also work towards a gradual removal of generous energy subsidies, which cause unmitigated consumption.

The fallout from last week’s increase in petrol prices remains in the news, as the public transportation sector mulls passing the cost to commuters.
