This seems to come on and off. Here is the latest notice.

https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/202...inequity/104433



This post has been edited by EnergyAnalyst: Dec 4 2023, 09:02 AM

Lower than 12k, bro.




https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/202...inequity/104433

https://mier.org.my/rafizi-govt-to-roll-out...0subsidy%20card.


IF I decipher this correctly, government may just do take away all if not a big portion of the subsidy and provide subsidy car only to targeted group.



So my take is subsidy card will be issued like how they issue diesel subsidy car to fisherman....To whomever they deemed still need help

That would be political suicides, unity government would not have the guts.

They have been operating on a similar mode via re- distributing wealth by taxing more on the rich and big company and going more easy or even helping on the smaller guys....and smaller businesses

An example will be when luxury tax is announced, RM2500 e bike incentive is announced for those who earns less than 'RM120,000 per year

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc...5R-gwQ/viewform

Please.take the survey conducted by our government

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/a...a-s-budget-2025

Datuk Seri Anwar on Oct 18 said that the government will remove fuel subsidies for RON 95, a heavily subsidised petrol, by the middle of 2025.

Mid 2025 Ron 95 next

Because they smuggle our cheap and subsidized fuel, etc.?

😂

How about because Malaysian like to contribute to their country?

https://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2359848

Yeah Amazing Thailand

https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/733005



Drum rolling.....

Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing 2-tier pricing

Alas, these bad apples are still rotting to the core and they are the ones who are the most vocal and cry the loudest cry for help without guilt and against any conscience.

Misappropriated targetted subsidy sadly is how some people having been making their living i.e. by continue ripping off government and other tax payers.

All this brings back to the tragic logic of subsidy....Which should really just aid the truly deserving ones AND it cannot be perpetual, it must go out altogether by certain time frame .

And time limit needs to be adhered to. They cannot be extended numerously like what has happened in the past. It only earns no respect of time and make no respect of the government of the day.

A good government cannot be just be populous. It need to be not just hand out carrots but also pull out sticks when the time for doing so is called for.

I find Norwefian government most aspiring and leading by a good example.

They are not the biggest country in Europe yet they have among the best governance, and you can really emulate some of their best practices.

This post has been edited by EnergyAnalyst: Nov 10 2024, 08:30 AM

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...-ron95-subsidy/

Economy minister Rafizi Ramli today explained why RON95 subsidies cannot be distributed based on vehicle ownership or through direct cash transfers.


Rafizi said data from the road transport department (JPJ), analysed by Padu, showed that about 40% of B60 households do not have registered vehicles.

“This presents a problem because while we may think that vehicle registration could be an effective tool for targeting subsidy adjustments, the reality is that many lower-income households actually do not have a registered vehicle in their name.

“For instance, one family may share a motorcycle under a single registration name,” he said when responding to a supplementary question from Suhaizan Kaiat (PH-Pulai) during Minister’s Question Time in the Dewan Rakyat.


Economy minister Rafizi Ramli said data from JPJ showed that about 40% of B60 households do not have registered vehicles. (Bernama pic)
KUALA LUMPUR: Economy minister Rafizi Ramli today explained why RON95 subsidies cannot be distributed based on vehicle ownership or through direct cash transfers.

Rafizi said data from the road transport department (JPJ), analysed by Padu, showed that about 40% of B60 households do not have registered vehicles.


“This presents a problem because while we may think that vehicle registration could be an effective tool for targeting subsidy adjustments, the reality is that many lower-income households actually do not have a registered vehicle in their name.

“For instance, one family may share a motorcycle under a single registration name,” he said when responding to a supplementary question from Suhaizan Kaiat (PH-Pulai) during Minister’s Question Time in the Dewan Rakyat.

Suhaizan had asked for Rafizi’s views on a suggestion for an adjustable petrol levy to be paid by drivers when renewing road tax to streamline subsidies, instead of providing direct subsidies at the pump.

Rafizi cited similar challenges encountered when targeting diesel subsidies, where individuals sometimes register vehicles under the names of others, leading to data mismatches.

As such, he said, using vehicle registration data alone could lead to significant exclusions among intended subsidy recipients.

FMT previously reported the Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associations (Fomca) as saying that the two-tier pricing system for RON95 petrol under the incoming targeted subsidy programme should be linked to vehicle registrations instead of identity cards.

Fomca CEO Saravanan Thambirajah echoed former Umno man Shahril Hamdan’s opinion, expressed in an episode of the Keluar Sekejap podcast, that an IC verification system would be prone to abuse.

Shahril himself mooted using cash rebates as a way to reduce subsidy leakages.

Rafizi also said the government had considered the cash transfer method, an approach used in most countries that do not give subsidies to their citizens.

“However, our government has found that this approach poses a high risk of driving up prices. That’s why the government has chosen the current approach (two-tier pricing system),” he said in response to a supplementary question from Abdul Latiff Abdul Rahman (PN-Kuala Krai).


Latif had asked whether there are international models that Malaysia could look to as examples for implementing subsidy rationalisation.

Rafizi said Malaysia is the reference, as most countries have transitioned to market pricing for fuel, with no country offering subsidies as extensive as Malaysia’s.

“Other countries simply do not have a situation like Malaysia’s. Nearly all countries now use direct cash transfers – floating the prices and then providing monthly cash assistance to the people,” he said.

Rich man may just ask his driver to get a few more" petrol fillers " to use their NRIC and allocation , so we create a different kind of 'fisherman" in the case of diesel subsidy

When there is a will there is a way to beat your described system

Oh I have misread your plan but you maybe surprised how many people in rural area is willing to let their NRIC and e wallet be HAD for a promised fixed undeclared income

How do you think the below can happen ?

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2024...nd039s-sg-golok

I have worked in Kelantan states for 5 years in my youth and I have seen during 1990 to 2000 where some penghulu and their cohorts offering up NRICs of their villagers to be mule for some rich folks there in applying IPO and opening bank accounts....

Having everything digital now only makes it easier as all one need is an e wallet , and we both know how handphone number registered in one's name imay not be carried by the registered number owner and is almost as good and as secured as Cash

This post has been edited by EnergyAnalyst: Nov 15 2024, 10:48 AM

It suffice to say it sucks to be pure petrol stations these days...

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/genera...-tame-smuggling

As if diesel thingy already did not make their businesses hard enough, they have to contend themselves with

https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/202...s-rafizi/156593




More reason why we should switch EV even cheap ones to pay less visit to petrol stations unless they have EV Charges there

BLAST from the PAST

https://theedgemalaysia.com/article/fuel-su...thly-says-husni

See you are paying attention or sleeping

You ARE paying attention.

https://www.nst.com.my/news-cars-bikes-truc...-going-electric

Food for thoughts

https://soyacincau.com/2024/12/16/proton-em...e-specs-launch/



Click into the link for more perks

Trade in your ICE, more rebates if they are Proton ICEs