PETROL STATIONS NOT ALLOWED TO SET THEIR OWN PETROL PRICE
By mel • Oct 22nd, 2009 • Category: ! Automotive News & TopicsOur country has an Automatic Pricing Mechanism (APM) and petrol station operator are not allowed to determine their own price.Read the full news from Bernama below.
PETROL STATIONS NOT ALLOWED TO SET THEIR OWN PETROL PRICE
KUALA LUMPUR, — Petrol station operators are not allowed to determine the retail price of petrol to avoid differences in prices that can affect the country’s inflation rate, Parliament was told Wednesday.
Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerism , Datuk Tan Lian Hoe, said instead petrol prices were fixed through the Automatic Pricing Mechanism (APM) used since March 1, 1983.
She said the objective of the APM was to ensure price and supply stability, control the inflation rate and provide assurance of profits to station operators and oil companies.
“If they are allowed to fix the retail price of petrol, consumers would be paying different rates and the price would go up higher each time crude oil prices rose on the world market,” Tan said.
She said this in reply to Tony Pua (DAP-Petaling Jaya Utara) who wanted to know why petrol stations were not allowed to sell petrol at rates lower than those fixed by the government and the reasons for that.
Expanding further, Tan said among components of the APM were road tax and subsidy.
Subsidy was given when the price was higher than the retail price set after taking into account road tax exemption, she said.
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aku penah kene kes macam nih.. isi minyak kat meter tunjuk liter ngan jumlah rm sama (tally) tapi resit kad kredit kuar tgk jumlah liter kurang plak.. duit rm yang diambil sama dengan yang kat meter.. so sesapa yang isi minyak pakai kad kredit tuh tengok lag resit tuh comparekan jumlah liter yang ditulis dengan yang dipapar kat pam.. adakah sama seperti di resit..?
Best lg kes aku. Rate same, liter terlebih.. Ron95 esso, rate 1.800. Rm20=11.120 l(spat0tnya 11.111 l). Walaup0n free 0.008 l, da jimat 15 sen. Pam minyak esso highway pasir gudang.
haha..aku plak..isi rm20 tp cashier tu open mcm isi full..so mse tu tank aku mmg kering,igt nak isi rm20 je tp x berhenti2..ape lagi..isi penuh smpai rm70 lps tu cabut la…wuahaha..smpai skunk aku berhrp bende yg sme lgi tp x dpt2..
x berkat la sepanjang penggunaan myk yg b’hrga rm50 dlu E.J’s ooi…
wow.. bertuah nye ko ej
Kalau tak ada subsidi, bolehlah buat begitu seperti di negara barat….ikut harga pasaran. Nanti stesen petrol kat kampong bungkus sebab tidak banyak jualan berbanding yang di bandar…. susahlah orang kampong.
citer pasal kampung.. kekadang kiter tengok kedai moto jual minyak dalam botol.. giler mahal.. tapi aper nak buat sebabkan stesen minyak jauh nak tak nak kene la beli jugak..