PROTECTING businesses and households from higher prices comes at a cost.
Government finances are now feeling the impact from the combined subsidy for RON95 and diesel – now at RM7bil a month from RM700mil before the Middle East conflict began at the end of February, crippling shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
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