Jun 1 2025, 08:35 AM
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Yesterday I had lunch at an eatery in PJ. The owner says he uses 4 to 5 gas tanks a day. Say 150 gas tanks a month. He now pays RM3,900 a month for cooking gas. With the price hike to RM70 per tank (the owner said he has to pay RM72 per tank) his gas cost will become RM10,800.
That is like paying the rental for another shop altogether.
So what is going to happen? Simple. The price of teh tarik is going to go up who knows maybe another 20-30 sen. Roti canai may go up 20 sen or more. Your simple meal (rice, one meat and one vege with a drink) already costs anywhere between RM9.00 to RM15.00. This is going to jump up. Prices of cooked food are going to jump up.
People will have to eat less outside. Or pack their own lunch from home. Eateries are going to suffer losses.
That mee stall owner will now have to sell 25 bowls of mee just to cover the cost of his two gas tanks.
Before the price hike he only has to sell about 10 bowls of mee a day to cover his daily gas cost.
He now sells 70 bowls of mee a day.
If the price of mee increases by RM1.00 his sales will dip below 70 bowls a day.
The stall operators lives are going to become more difficult.
What about the makcik nasi lemak or the makcik selling tom yam. Can she afford to pay RM140 cash everyday for say TWO GAS cylinders? Will her warong have that kind of cash flow? Plenty of warongs and restaurants are going to lose their customers.
Unless they close one eye against the makcik warong - which happens all the time. Warong people operate everywheres, no need Fomema screening, no need Hepatitis jabs, no need grease traps, no need garbage disposal (just dump it behind the warong).
Why do they like to make peoples' lives difficult all the time?
Dont forget in July that e-invoice bullshit also kicks in.
They will kill off the economy. Food prices are going to go up again.
Ordinary peoples' lives are going to become more difficult.
Instead of removing the subsidies on cooking gas, the gomen should INCREASE the subsidies on cooking gas.
WHY?
Because it directly impacts the cost of living for the entire country of 34 million people.
That is like paying the rental for another shop altogether.
So what is going to happen? Simple. The price of teh tarik is going to go up who knows maybe another 20-30 sen. Roti canai may go up 20 sen or more. Your simple meal (rice, one meat and one vege with a drink) already costs anywhere between RM9.00 to RM15.00. This is going to jump up. Prices of cooked food are going to jump up.
People will have to eat less outside. Or pack their own lunch from home. Eateries are going to suffer losses.
That mee stall owner will now have to sell 25 bowls of mee just to cover the cost of his two gas tanks.
Before the price hike he only has to sell about 10 bowls of mee a day to cover his daily gas cost.
He now sells 70 bowls of mee a day.
If the price of mee increases by RM1.00 his sales will dip below 70 bowls a day.
The stall operators lives are going to become more difficult.
What about the makcik nasi lemak or the makcik selling tom yam. Can she afford to pay RM140 cash everyday for say TWO GAS cylinders? Will her warong have that kind of cash flow? Plenty of warongs and restaurants are going to lose their customers.
Unless they close one eye against the makcik warong - which happens all the time. Warong people operate everywheres, no need Fomema screening, no need Hepatitis jabs, no need grease traps, no need garbage disposal (just dump it behind the warong).
Why do they like to make peoples' lives difficult all the time?
Dont forget in July that e-invoice bullshit also kicks in.
They will kill off the economy. Food prices are going to go up again.
Ordinary peoples' lives are going to become more difficult.
Instead of removing the subsidies on cooking gas, the gomen should INCREASE the subsidies on cooking gas.
WHY?
Because it directly impacts the cost of living for the entire country of 34 million people.
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