Crude oil price has been in the up trend for the past months and it is natural the pump price should follow as well. RON97 is now RM2.10/litre and RON95 is now RM1.75/litre. It is the Raya festive month, and costing the government a lot for disbursement of bonuses, allowing people with additional money to pay for higher petrol price. There is always the saying that "Nothing comes free", thus don't be fooled by little sweet deal.
Although the increase is just RM0.05/litre across the board, including
diesel, and assuming during the festive month, an average vehicle owner
pump 300 litres, it will be an additional RM15 for the month, and with
> 1 million road users, you do the math, easy income!