Right move, wrong target


  • Letters
  • Tuesday, 03 Jun 2008

The recent announcement on the petrol sale ban on foreign-registered cars at stations borderingneighbouring countries is good news to many but it also ruffled up quite a few feathers. The move wassupposed to address the fuel subsidy issue but it ended up sparking debate on its fairness and workability.

WHEN Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Samad first made the announcement last week that petrol stations along the country’s borders would be barred from selling petrol to foreign registered cars, it caught everyone by surprise.

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