Talks on Raising of Fuel Price 谈谈汽油起价

This afternoon, our prime minister Datuk Sri Abdullah Ahmad Bahdavi announced that our country fuel price raise 41%, from RM1.92 per little to RM2.70 per little. He also announced some alternative plan for subsidies Malaysian upon the raising price of fuel.

What is the reason behind this? Most of the residents do not think critically on this issue, they only blame the current government on do not take care of the public welfare, and related the raising price to the corruption. This is not fair to the government because the main reason for the price raising is due to the raising price of international fuel price. Our governmnet do faced pressure on this issue also. The international fuel price raise by 300% since 2004 but before the adjustment of the lastest fuel price, our country fuel price only raise by 80%. If government do not raise the fuel price, our country is going to bankruptcy.

We do admit that we should enjoy lower fuel price than other Asian country as we are also oil producer. But, our country oil contain is not as much as Brunei and Indonesia. Therefore, it is reasonable that we should pay more. Although i do not have any objection on the price raising, but I hope that government should use the money that save from the adjustment wisely.

Penang Consumer Association, as well as many economist agree with the price raising. They have broader view toward changing global environment. So, I think we should accept the truth that fuel price should be raise in reasonable context. Employers should also understand the difficulties of employees and raise thier salary to defence inflation.

今天下午，我国首相拿督斯里阿都拉宣布我国的汽油价格上调41%，由原本的每公升1.92令吉上调至2.70令吉。他也宣布了几项津贴措施予马来西亚公民对抗油价上涨。

油价上涨的原因是什么？许多市民没有深入去探讨这个问题，就将问题归咎予政府罔顾人民的利益，也将汽油上涨与贪污问题扯在一起。其实这样的做法是不对的，因为汽油价格上涨的主要原因是国际石油价格的上涨。在这课题上，我国政府也同要面对难处。自从2004年开始，国际原油价格就上涨了超过300%，而我国的汽油价格在调整之前只上涨了80多%。如果政府不调高油价，那么我国家面临破产。

我们必须承认身为石油出产国的我们必须享有比其他东南亚国家较低的汽油价格。可是，相比之下，我国的石油蕴藏量远远比不上汶莱和印尼。所以我们支付多一些的价格是合理的。虽然我没有在上调汽油价格方面做出投诉，但是，我希望政府能够善用这笔节省下来的钱。

槟城消费人协会和一些经济学家也同意调高汽油价格，因为他们对于世界环境的改变有较宏观的看法。所以我们必须接受汽油价格在合理范围内上涨的事实。然而雇主也必须顾虑雇员们的困境，提高他们的薪金来对抗通货膨胀。