Yesterday evening, it was raining heavily in Petaling Jaya. Uneven roads and those with potholes were all flooding up. However, what caught Malaysian with exaggerating reactions wasn’t the downpour; but, the headline of “Petrol to cost RM2.70 from midnight”

Wai Pei: I wan to kaopehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh (then she sent me a link to NST online news citing the crazy petrol hike)

George: wah lao…. diesel increase by RM1

Then everyone started to gather around the area near my cubicle, kao peh about the drastic hike in fuel price. There, about half an hour of working hour was affected with moody grumblings.

Sure enough, town areas everywhere within Malaysia were experiencing massive traffic jam yesterday evening, as almost every vehicle owner was rushing to petrol station to fill up the last tank of RM1.92 per liter petrol. As expected, some petrol stations were running out of stock. All petrol stations were making big money last night.

With 41% hike (RM1.92 to RM2.70) of petrol price, 63% hike (RM1.58 to RM2.58) of diesel price, 18% hike of electricity for homes and 26% for business users, all these percentage increases are converting to screaming of “money not enough” for average Malaysians. This drastic change will make significant economical impacts to low and middle class Malaysians; the wealthy ones can still comfortably cope with it.

I would like to see how the government is going to fool the world about Malaysia inflation rate. Don’t tell me another decent 4 to 5 percents; this is plain nonsense! Fuel is one of the very key daily commodities. Now that fuel price is experiencing such a drastic hike, we will see immediate price increase in all other goods and services that form the basic needs for our daily life. Thinking about it, is surely enough to make us cry for our shrinking wallet. Continue reading ‘Tough Time Ahead for Average Malaysians’