Zulhaidah bt Suboh

KUALA LUMPUR: The government has attributed the scrapping of the proposed tiered fuel subsidy to unfavourable public response and the complexity of using the MyKad as a payment instrument.

However, industry sources claimed that the latter is due to the fact that the current MyKad solution lacks the structure needed for smooth implementation of the programme.

Under the proposed programme, the transaction process involving the MyKad was meant to mirror that of a credit card’s. A customer would swipe his MyKad at the outdoor pump, key in the cash amount and automatically receive a subsidy.

But FMT learnt that Malayan Banking Berhad, the company that was awarded the fuel subsidy programme, doesn’t have a solution that supports the use of the MyKad at outdoor pumps.

So 70% of customers who purchase petrol in cash would be subjected to a lengthy process in order to receive their subsidy.

The cashier would have to insert a customer’s MyKad into a terminal and an optical scanner will read the customer’s thumb print.

The information will be sent to Maybank’s database to be verified and the customer will then key in the subsidised amount at the outdoor pump.

Petrol dealers and oil companies expressed concern that this process will lead to overcrowding in petrol stations and give rise to irate customers.

The government reviewed the complexity of the process and acknowledged it as yet another reason to scrap the programme.

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Datuk Chua Jui Meng bersama NGO di Miri pada 8.3.2010. Majlis dialog tertutup ini membincangkan masalah yang di hadapi rakyat asal Negeri Sarawak yang telah diadakan pada sebelah pagi.

Seusai Majlis bersama NGO, pertemuan bersama pimpinan Parti KEADILAN Rakyat yang hadir daripada Cabang Baram, Miri dan Sibuti.

Pelbagai pandangan yang berbeza telah disuarakan. Objective sessi ini diadakan untuk berkongsi segala input di mana dalam masa yang sama beliau dapat mendengar suara-suara daripada akar umbi.

Turut hadir pada sessi dialog tersebut adalah sdr. Baru Bian, Pengerusi Perhubungan KEADILAN Negeri Sarawak, Sdr. Michael Teo, Ketua KEADILAN Cabang Miri selaku tuan rumah.

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Happy Women’s Day…