Minister Said Toll Rate Must Increase

The minister in the PM department said that the toll rate must be increase as it is the expressed condition in the contract.

theStar 15 Dec 2013

 Datuk Sri Abdul Wahid Omar said the rate should have been revised in 2011, but it was not. As the rate was maintained, the government has to pay more than RM400 millions to the concessionaires.

The rise is expected to be between 60 sen to 1 ringgit.

Public is Against the Toll Increase

The public and the majority of the MPs, including the backbenchers of the ruling BN are against the proposed increase of the tolls. Lately, Malaysian are feeling the heat due to the increasing cost of living. The price of petrol had recently increased by rm0.20, followed by the increase of the electricity bill. In 2015, the new GST tax will be imposed.

As if the above are not enough, the government is think ou increase to tolls.

theStar 19 Dec 2013

thestar 19 Dec 2013

  The BN manifesto for the recent General Election, include the promise to reduce the intercity tolls. It certainly come as a surprise when the talk is about increasing the tolls. The chairman for the beackbenchers said that the members are strongly against the increase, as it was part of the manifesto used  to woo the voters in the last election.

Mat Sabu to be Charges

TheStar 26 Dec 2013

The Home Minister,  Ahmad Zaid Hamidi, will present strong evidence linking Mohamad Sabu and Syiah.

The evidences will be presented to Jakim for further action.

Before this, the ministry had announce 10 grade B evidence and the grade A evidence were yet to be made public. The Grade A evidences are statements made by more than 20 peoples. 

15% Increase in Electrical Bill

The cost of electricity in Malaysia is set to increase by 4.99 sen per kWh or 15% and the rate in Sabah by 5 sen or 17%. The increase is effective from 1 Jan 2014.

The Star 3 Dec 2013

The price in Sarawak is not affected as the electricity is supplied by state-owned company.

This is part of the subsidy revision where the government intend to reduce the subsidies from rm47mil to rm39.4bil.

The followings are the reasons quoted by the government to justify the increase of the price:

1. Increase of gas price from rm13.7 to rm15.2 per million MMBtu)
2. Rise in coal price from US$85 to $87.5

Those against the increase quoted the followings:
- the increase will affect the industry's performance considering the minimum wage and revised retirement age.
- the government may be wiser to cap their overspending and wastages.
- malaysia being a producer of oil and gas is actually profiting from the increase of the price of oil and gas. The bigger profit should be shared with the people in Malaysia.