Public tightening their belts following the removal of cooking oil subsidy and petrol price hike

The new prices of 5kg bottles of cooking oil after the removal of the subsidy, in which consumers are saying the new price is RM7 more.

THE month of November started on a rough note for many Malaysians, with the rise in prices of cooking oil and petrol dealing a double blow to their monthly expenses.

Those interviewed by MetroPerak expressed their difficulties in coping with the removal of cooking oil subsidy and the increase in petrol prices.