Malaysiakini: Gov't scrambles to soften fuel price blow as protests loom


	Malaysiakini: Gov't scrambles to soften fuel price blow as protests loom

walski69

6-8-2008 3:55 AM

493 views

tags:

malaysia, economy, fuel price, economic impact

walski69 says:

Panic stations... almost sounds like a "now why didn't we think of this before" kneejerk reaction...

Add a Comment

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

View the Top Clips from June 8, 2008

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/492e9b07-a286-4643-95a9-ef94b1adb106/D010EBD0-99EB-4AB0-B256-86CF37B107FE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/84141" href="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/84141" style="font-size: 11px;">www.malaysiakini.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/84141">
<P>The government today scrambled to cushion the blow from a 41 percent fuel 
price hike, as activists planned more rallies to denounce the decision.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/84141"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.malaysiakini.com/img/EA9C8574-245B-4B8C-8E69-082884844777" alt="abdullah ahmad badawi govt announce new petrol price increase 040608 04" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/84141">
<P>Abdullah, whose standing has been in tatters since disastrous March general 
elections that gave the ruling coalition its biggest battering in half a 
century, has suggested measures to appease public wrath.</p> <P>He said the government will shortly detail initiatives to improve public 
transport, cut costs at government departments, improve the safety net for the 
poor, and expand the list of controlled-price goods.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D010EBD0-99EB-4AB0-B256-86CF37B107FE/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Blog; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Related Clips

More clips from walski69

Today's Top Clips