If you’re Singapore or Thai, well this is news for you. From Friday onwards until the Malaysian government unveils a new mechanism for selling subsidised fuel, you can no longer buy fuel from your favourite petrol station at the border states like JB. No more day trips in just to save money on fuel… 
Is this really something they can enforce?
The ban affects up to 300 petrol stations, and extends up to 50 kilometres (31 miles) from the border in the northern states of Perlis, Kedah, Perak and Kelantan; and Johor in the south which faces Singapore.
The move comes as the government conducts a controversial review of its fuel subsidies, expected to cost 43 billion ringgit (13.6 billion US dollars) this year if oil prices hover around 120 US dollars per barrel.
(Source : ChannelNewsAsia )
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I don’t know if the ban can work. What if you are going around JB and run out of fuel?
@DK you better be strong enough to push your car.
perhaps they will sell to foreigners at non-subsidized prices?
DK: I have no idea man…my mom asked the same thing…
Daphne: Well, the article seems like it’s quite strongly worded. I guess this is something we’ll have to see on the news later…
I wonder how is it like for those Singaporeans working in Johor within the 50km region. Looks like our Government made a good move to cut medical subsidies for foreigners working in Singapore.
I don’t know if the ban can work. What if you are going around JB and run out of fuel?
@DK you better be strong enough to push your car.
perhaps they will sell to foreigners at non-subsidized prices?
DK: I have no idea man…my mom asked the same thing…
Daphne: Well, the article seems like it’s quite strongly worded. I guess this is something we’ll have to see on the news later…
I wonder how is it like for those Singaporeans working in Johor within the 50km region. Looks like our Government made a good move to cut medical subsidies for foreigners working in Singapore.
Oil prices exceeded USD130 per barrel now and the oil subsidy scheme is really a burden to the Malaysian govt. Like what Daph said, perhaps Malaysia can sell fuel to foreign vehicles at non-subsidized price. I am a malaysian, not even an SPR, working in Singapore, driving Singapore registered vehicle and the ban applies to me too. I am not complaining as I don’t contribute taxes to Malaysia but Singapore.
Sek Ling: I can understand where the Malaysian government is coming from. I think they should slowly phase out subsidies entirely. In the meantime, I’m just wondering how this will actually affect the singaporean shopping expenditure that usually flows into JB…
Oil prices exceeded USD130 per barrel now and the oil subsidy scheme is really a burden to the Malaysian govt. Like what Daph said, perhaps Malaysia can sell fuel to foreign vehicles at non-subsidized price. I am a malaysian, not even an SPR, working in Singapore, driving Singapore registered vehicle and the ban applies to me too. I am not complaining as I don’t contribute taxes to Malaysia but Singapore.
Sek Ling: I can understand where the Malaysian government is coming from. I think they should slowly phase out subsidies entirely. In the meantime, I’m just wondering how this will actually affect the singaporean shopping expenditure that usually flows into JB…
malaysia do wanna save its precious naturally depleting fuel for itself. why should it sell their resources to a neighboring country who already does much better and can very well afford buying fuel in their own country.
malaysia do wanna save its precious naturally depleting fuel for itself. why should it sell their resources to a neighboring country who already does much better and can very well afford buying fuel in their own country.
so shouldn’t the solution be to not sell subsidized fuel to foreign vehicles instead of an outright ban of fuel?
it’s absolutely ridiculous that if you really needed fuel, you cannot get it?
Brian: I agree. But I think that’s why the ban will be in place until they have a system is put in place. I suspect they’re in a very bad spot right now and don’t have a working system so they have little choice but to just stop the sales and hopefully get a system in place ASAP.
Plus, if singapore cars abide by the 3/4 tank rule, they should do fine i think…
so shouldn’t the solution be to not sell subsidized fuel to foreign vehicles instead of an outright ban of fuel?
it’s absolutely ridiculous that if you really needed fuel, you cannot get it?
Brian: I agree. But I think that’s why the ban will be in place until they have a system is put in place. I suspect they’re in a very bad spot right now and don’t have a working system so they have little choice but to just stop the sales and hopefully get a system in place ASAP.
Plus, if singapore cars abide by the 3/4 tank rule, they should do fine i think…