Minyak turun lagi dan lagi..tapi 15 sen

UTUSAN : Minyak turun lagi


Oleh HAMDEN RAMLI


PUTRAJAYA 14 Okt. – Kerajaan menurunkan lagi harga bahan api sebanyak 15 sen bagi petrol dan 20 sen bagi diesel, iaitu penurunan kali ketiga dalam tempoh tidak sampai tiga bulan.
Dengan penurunan harga minyak hari ini, bermakna dalam tempoh tidak sampai tiga bulan kerajaan telah menurunkan harga petrol sebanyak 40 sen seliter berbanding harga RM2.70 seliter pada Jun lalu.
Dalam tempoh yang sama, harga diesel pula telah mengalami penurunan 38 sen berbanding RM2.58 sen seliter ketika harga minyak dinaikkan Jun lalu.
Dalam satu langkah untuk mengurangkan beban rakyat dan menyelaraskan harga bahan api di Malaysia dengan penurunan harga minyak di pasaran dunia, kerajaan mengumumkan harga baru petrol dan diesel itu akan berkuat kuasa esok.
Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dalam satu kenyataan berkata, mulai esok harga runcit petrol RON97 dikurangkan 15 sen iaitu daripada RM2.45 seliter kepada RM2.30 seliter.
Harga diesel diturunkan sebanyak 20 sen seliter daripada RM2.40 seliter kepada RM2.20 seliter manakala pada masa sama, harga petrol RON92 pula dikurangkan sebanyak 10 sen seliter daripada RM2.30 seliter kepada RM2.20 seliter…..


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BERITA HARIAN : Minyak turun lagi


Oleh Wan Hazmir Bakarmailto:Bakarbhnews@bharian.com.my


Penurunan kali ketiga 10 hingga 20 sen seliter PUTRAJAYA: Kerajaan semalam mengumumkan penurunan kali ketiga harga runcit petrol dan diesel antara 10 sen hingga 20 sen seliter, berkuat kuasa hari ini. Harga petrol RON97 dikurangkan 15 sen seliter daripada RM2.45 kepada RM2.30, petrol RON92 turun 10 sen seliter daripada RM2.30 kepada RM2.20, manakala diesel sebanyak 20 sen seliter daripada RM2.40 kepada RM2.20.
Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dalam kenyataan media di sini, berkata kerajaan membuat keputusan menyegerakan penurunan harga runcit bahan api itu bagi membolehkan rakyat menikmatinya lebih awal. "Oleh kerana harga minyak dunia sudah turun secara ketara akhir-akhir ini, kerajaan membuat keputusan untuk mempercepatkan pengurangan harga runcit bagi membolehkan orang ramai menikmatinya dengan lebih segera," katanya. Harga minyak mentah turun daripada rekod tertinggi AS$147 dolar setong pada Julai lalu kepada AS$82 dolar sekarang.
Pada 23 Ogos lalu, harga runcit petrol RON97 diturunkan 15 sen seliter daripada RM2.70 kepada RM2.55, RON92 dikurangkan 22 sen seliter daripada RM2.62 kepada RM2.40 manakala diesel lapan sen seliter daripada RM2.58 kepada RM2.50. Pelarasan terakhir pada 25 September lalu pula membabitkan penurunan harga runcit petrol dan diesel sebanyak 10 sen seliter menjadikan petrol RON97 RM2.45 seliter, RON92 (RM2.30) dan diesel (RM2.40). Mengikut formula penyelarasan bahan api yang ditetapkan sebelum ini, harga runcit petrol dan diesel akan ditetapkan pada setiap awal bulan berdasarkan purata bulanan harga minyak mentah dunia ditolak dengan subsidi kerajaan sebanyak 30 sen seliter.


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THE STAR : Fuel price cut will have ‘little impact’


By LISA GOH and BAVANI M.

PETALING JAYA: It will provide some relief but will not have much impact — that sums up the sentiments of the public on the fuel price reduction yesterday.
City folk were definitely happy but many doubt that prices of basic necessities would go down in tandem with the reduction.


Bus and lorry operators said it did not really benefit them as prices of other goods had gone up.
Pan Malaysian Bus Operators Association president Datuk Ashfar Ali said the reduction in fuel prices would not affect bus operators.


“For us, it’s still the same. We are still paying the subsidised rate of RM1.43 per litre for diesel,” he said.


He added that bus operators had also not felt the benefit of lower fuel prices as the cost of other products were still high.


“When the fuel prices shot up early this year, the price of everything else — batteries, lubricating oil and tyres — went up. Now, even though fuel prices are down, the price of these items are not coming down,” he said.


Pan Malaysian Lorry Owners Association president Er Sui See said that while he was happy with the reduced diesel prices, lorry owners still would not be able to absorb the escalating transport charges.


“Only a quarter of the diesel we use is subsidised, so yes it’s good that diesel prices are down.
“But all the other costs that have gone up are still going up. We can’t absorb the cost,” he said.
He gave the example of tyres, which would cost 15% more from Nov 1.
Tutor Tan Chin Swee, 48, said: “The sudden jump in petrol price a few months ago resulted in a spiral effect which pushed up the price of many daily necessities. I doubt that the reduction can undo the inflationary impact that an ordinary person is now facing.”
“Recession and inflation are inherent in any economy and are things that we have to live with,’’ Tan added.


Manager Gobal Rajee, 46, said he was happy with the reduction but felt that there would be little effect.“We hope the prices of other goods will go down as well, otherwise it really makes no difference,’’ he said.


Civil servant Karim Jaabar, 37, said it was nothing to rejoice about if the prices of goods remain the same.


Administrative executive Theresa Heng, 49, said it was better than nothing.