Petrol station operators must not trigger price war

Why then the ceiling price for Petrol. Is the Government afraid that the price war among petrol stations will lower the fuel prices more and cancel the government excuse of controlling petrol prices. I think the government is afraid once the Jennie is out of the bottle , it will refuse to re-enter into the bottle. Have a price war and it will be like a carnival. The Malaysians are starved of a real price war carnival. At least this will make Malaysians to temporary forget how cruel the Government have been to them

Petrol station operators wishing to make any offer must seek the permission of the ministry first

BATU KURAU: Petrol station operators must not arbitrarily make sale offers at their premises which can trigger a price war, following the weekly announcement of ceiling prices from March 29.

Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism (KPDNKK) Minister Hamzah Zainuddin stressed petrol station operators wishing to make any offer must seek the permission of the ministry first.

“We don’t want the offers to have elements of surprise which can make consumers feel cheated.

“For example, they offer a cheap price but when consumers turn up they say the offer is for the first five customers..this will make the public angry,” he said.

He said this to reporters after handing over aid to 502 flood victims in the Larut Parliamentary constituency here today.

Hamzah said KPDNKK had no problem if any petrol station operator wanted to make offers including selling fuel at cheaper rates but it must follow the Standard Operating Procedure.

Starting from March 29, the ceiling price of fuel would be announced every Wednesday and the price would come into effect after 12 midnight.