Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Petrol to Cost RM2.70 from Midnight

Malaysia Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Wednesday announced price hikes for petrol, diesel and electricity.

Effective midnight tonight,

  • New price for petrol is RM2.70 a litre. The price goes up by 78sen from the current RM1.92, a hike of 40%.
  • Price of diesel would be increased by RM1 from RM1.58 to RM2.58.

Effective 1st July 2008, Tenaga Nasional Bhd would be raising electricity rates by 18% for homes and 26% for business users.

The announcements are part of the new fuel subsidy plan.

For more information, read Media Statement issued by The Prime Minister’s Office.


Source: The Star Online

4 comments:

Tammy said...

The price of everything is so unreal these days that it's hard to get by.

Martini said...

tammy,
yup, I agree with u...

delittleones said...

yeah... 40% increase. That's too much of an increase.

Martini said...

few days ago I filled up my car tank, now I have to pay RM 90 instead of RM 60, sigh...