My colleague Nurulhana wrote this for our internal blog. Since its self explanatory, I'll leave it here without comment and unedited. Side note: this was written last month, so the drop in oil prices since then implies a lower retail petrol price and hence, lower subsidy. Nevertheless, the point remains valid.
Fuel subsidy helps the rich
A colleague highlighted this estimation by Tengku Zafrul today on the impact of high global oil prices on current fuel subsidy spending.
According to the article, the actual market price for RON 95 is currently at RM3.70/litre. And if the global oil price remained above the USD100/bl, the MOF estimated that the government would spend RM28bn on overall subsidy alone for 2022 (2021: RM11bn).
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