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I just received an email about our fuel price and I find it too ridiculous to be true.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 8 – The mechanism for fuel pricing in Malaysia has finally been finalized and controlled under one mechanism, which also takes the high and lower income group people into consideration, according to Finance Trade Minister Tan Sri Anuar Ali.
 
“From May 1, the fuel will be pegged at RM 3.90 per litre for RON97, while RON95 will increase to RM 3.70 per litre. However, the prices of national-made vehicles will be lowered by at least 40 percent. For example, a full-spec family sedan Proton Persona 1.6 litre engine will cost around RM 23,000.00 excluding road tax and insurance. Import tax and excise duty will be revised to only 30 percent, from the current 200 percent. Imported vehicles such as the new Toyota Camry 2.4 litre engine will cost around RM 65,000.00.” he said.
 
The mechanics has been said to be undertaken by a team of experts from Australia and Canada who were earlier briefed on the issue of subsidy in this country, whereas after consideration by the transport minister, they have signed the constitution that the system will be made on May 1, the day it goes into effect.
 
Under the new system, there will be a major effect on the existing consumers who have already purchased a vehicle and to those who are in the midst of repaying the loan of their vehicle to their financial institutions.
 
Ahmad Tajuddin said the government might also re-introduce a cash return annually to Malaysians who own a 1,500 cc and below vehicle. The amount have yet to be decided but he assured that the amount will compensate the price of fuel by at least half to eligible Malaysians based on bumi quota.
– SkyNet News Asia

I believe this is just another hoax created by some jokers who have nothing better to do.

1. Who the hell is Tan Sri Anuar Ali? There is no such person in the Cabinet.
2. Since when do we have a new goverment minister called Finance Trade Minister? We do have a Finance Minister and a Trade Minister but certainly not a Finance Trade Minister.
3. It is near to impossible that the government would want to reduce the import tax and excise duty from 200% to 30% on imported vehicles. It will create a huge impact to the government and the sale of our national-made cars by removing those tax. (I don’t think they are dumb enough to do something which will impact a lost of billions of ringgits.)
4. SkyNet News Asia? This does not exist at all.  Try googling it and you will know. There is no such news media at all. I know SkyNet but only as a courier company.

Conclusion: For those who are hoping that this piece of news to be true esp. on the tax reduction, all I have to say is -> DREAM ON! It wil never be true unless our ministers are abucted by aliens and they ruled our country. So, wake up!