Postpone floating of diesel prices, urges MCA VP


PETALING JAYA: The government should postpone the floating of diesel prices and give sufficient time for the registration of the Budi Madani diesel subsidy programme, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Jeck Seng.

The MCA vice-president said that only two days ago, Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan announced there were 410,000 private car owners, small farmers and smallholders in the country.

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