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| BINTULU: The diesel woe at fuel stations here would have not prolong
if all the parties concerned have been willing to cooperate and abide by
the arrangements made by the government.
Bintulu Member of Parliament Dato' Seri Tiong King Sing said the reality now, however, had shown the tendency of certain heavy users of diesel to bend the government subsidy rule and ignoring the plight of the other users. "Everyone had to bear in mind that heavy diesel users should take the subsidised industrial rate and leave the supply at the petrol stations for the smaller diesel vehicles...but it appears now that it is not happening as what it should be," he added. He told reporters these after attending a special meeting on the diesel issue here on Saturday. According to him, representatives from the Lorries Association in the meeting had claimed that their vehicles, mostly holders of A permit, were allowed by the Commercial Vehicles and Licensing Board (LPKP) to obtain fully-subsidised diesel from fuel station. As far as Tiong was concerned, such holders were only entitled to the subsidised industrial rate that were now at RM1.30 per litre. "Since there was no representative from LPKP attending the meeting, I have requested for the relevant department to check on the status of this ruling," he added. If the claims by the association were proven to be true, Tiong felt that there would be a need for the government to review the present regulation as it appear to place users of smaller amount of diesel in the losing side. On illegal transaction of the fuel being another cause, the Member of Parliament warned those enjoying the privileges for the subsidy not to abuse the benefits that they enjoyed from the government. This warning apparently was sent to longhouse headmens and fishermen as he had heard of some trying to take the opportunity to use permits that they had to obtain diesel that were later being re-sold elsewhere instead of being used for their own longhouse purpose. "Everyone must remember that the government's intention to introduce subsidy for diesel was to lighten the burden of the low income group. While I urge the low-income group not to abuse the subsidy, I also want those in the upper group not to take advantage," he added. |