PETALING JAYA: While the Government stands to gain more revenue from a higher price of crude oil, subsidies would also correspondingly increase if higher energy costs are not passed on to consumers.
Economists said the Government might need to fork out an additional RM3.5bil to RM4bil for fuel subsidy if oil price remained above US$100 per barrel.
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