Metzelder says: Previous two posts, I have been highlighting about the subsidies cut. So I would put a better picture about subsidies, why it needs to be done, and its effects. All the information below are reproduced from a Malay Mail article. SUBSIDIES: Why it needs to be done, and its effects Monday, July 19th KUALA LUMPUR: Beginning July 16, 2010, subsidies for...

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The third and final phase of the Seremban Middle Ring Road (MRRS) will be completed under the 10th Malaysia Plan and it will improve the traffic dispersal system in Seremban. The first and second phase of the MRRS is part of the ongoing construction work which includes the electrified double-tracking projects of Seremban-Gemas, Sentul-Batu Caves, Ipoh-Padang Besar, East Coast Highway Phase 2 from...

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RON 95 strictly for locals By Nik Naizi Husin KUANTAN: Vehicles with foreign registration plates can only buy RON 97 fuel starting from Aug 1. Enforcement officers will be placed at petrol stations, particularly in the border areas in Kedah, Perlis, Johor, Kelantan and Sabah and Sarawak, to ensure petrol kiosk operators do not sell subsidised RON 95 fuel to foreign-registered vehicles. Domestic...

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Prices of sugar, petrol, LPG, diesel to go up Friday (The Star) Thursday July 15, 2010 Subsidy removed for RON 97 petrol KUALA LUMPUR: From Friday, the subsidies for sugar, petrol, liquefied petroleum gas and diesel will be cut as part of the gradual subsidy rationalisation programme, according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s office on Thursday. The price of sugar will...

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