Mokhtar Ree
MIRI: The move by the government in limiting the sale of subsidised RON 95 fuel to Malaysian registered vehicles only is seen as a wise step to ensure that only Malaysian benefits from government subsidy.
Seasoned driver Mokhtar Ree believed that the move was a just decision by the Malaysian government as it is a good effort in ensuring that government subsidised fuel were sold only to genuine Malaysians.
However, as there are also Malaysians driving foreign registered vehicles, there should also be leniency to ensure deserving Malaysians are not deprived of the benefit.
“Bruneians come to Miri everyday because of the attractions we have here. But sometimes there are also Brunei registered vehicles which are driven by Malaysians.
“As Malaysian, they too deserve to purchase the subsidised RON 95 for their vehicles. In order for this to happen, the petrol station can request for their MyKad before allowing their purchase,” he said.
He added that the government should consider allowing this measure to be practiced at petrol stations so that all Malaysians can get the same equal treatment.
Elaborating, he said the price of petrol is cheaper in Brunei and it is not likely that Bruneians may want to drive to Miri just to take advantage of the subsidised fuel price.
“While they (Bruneians) are here, they can always purchase RON 97 for their vehicles and they should also respect the reason why they are not allowed to purchase government subsidized fuels.
“Perhaps our government can educate them on the matter by giving out flyers related to the matter at petrol stations around the city,” he said further.
Another fellow Mirian, Michael Liaw said there should not be any fuss over the sell limitation of RON 95 as in Brunei similar effort is being practiced by the Brunei government.
“At least here, foreign vehicles are still allowed to purchase other fuels which are not subsidised such as RON 97.
“In Brunei, only a small number of petrol stations can sell fuel to foreign or Malaysian registered vehicles, and every time you make your purchase they will photocopy your MyKad or passport,” he said.
He added that there was an incident where he almost ran out of fuel in Brunei as the first three stations he went to would not sell fuel to him because he was driving a Malaysian registered vehicle.
“At that time I was not familiar with Brunei so I did not know which petrol station I can purchase petrol from. After visiting several petrol stations and almost drying up on fuel, I finally found a station that could sell me petrol but I was only allowed to purchase B$10 of petrol,” he said.
He praised the government’s effort in ensuring that only genuine Malaysian can benefit from government subsidy.
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Mokhtar Ree
MIRI: The move by the government in limiting the sale of subsidised RON 95 fuel to Malaysian registered vehicles only is seen as a wise step to ensure that only Malaysian benefits from government subsidy.
Seasoned driver Mokhtar Ree believed that the move was a just decision by the Malaysian government as it is a good effort in ensuring that government subsidised fuel were sold only to genuine Malaysians.
However, as there are also Malaysians driving foreign registered vehicles, there should also be leniency to ensure deserving Malaysians are not deprived of the benefit.
“Bruneians come to Miri everyday because of the attractions we have here. But sometimes there are also Brunei registered vehicles which are driven by Malaysians.
“As Malaysian, they too deserve to purchase the subsidised RON 95 for their vehicles. In order for this to happen, the petrol station can request for their MyKad before allowing their purchase,” he said.
He added that the government should consider allowing this measure to be practised at petrol stations so that all Malaysians can get the same equal treatment.
Elaborating, he said the price of petrol is cheaper in Brunei and it is not likely that Bruneians may want to drive to Miri just to take advantage of the subsidised fuel price.
“While they (Bruneians) are here, they can always purchase RON 97 for their vehicles and they should also respect the reason why they are not allowed to purchase government subsidised fuels.
“Perhaps our government can educate them on the matter by giving out flyers related to the matter at petrol stations around the city,” he said further.
Another fellow Mirian, Michael Liaw said there should not be any fuss over the sale limitation of RON 95 as in Brunei, similar effort is being practiced by the Brunei government.
“At least here, foreign vehicles are still allowed to purchase other fuels which are not subsidised such as RON 97.
“In Brunei, only a small number of petrol stations can sell fuel to foreign or Malaysian registered vehicles, and every time you make your purchase they will photocopy your MyKad or passport,” he said.
He added that there was an incident where he almost ran out of fuel in Brunei as the first three stations he went to would not sell fuel to him because he was driving a Malaysian registered vehicle.
“At that time, I was not familiar with Brunei so I did not know which petrol station I can purchase petrol from. After visiting several petrol stations and almost drying up on fuel, I finally found a station that could sell me petrol but I was only allowed to purchase B$10 of petrol,” he said.
He praised the government’s effort in ensuring that only genuine Malaysian can benefit from government subsidy.