Petrol kiosks were jammed with motorists as panic buying of fuel was seen throughout Sandakan over rumours of petrol kiosks closing for five days.
The panic triggered at about 3.00pm as I received SMS from an associate in KL that petrol kiosks would close for five days in protest to demand higher commissions for dealers nation-wide following the recent fuel hike.
I rushed from home to fill my tank. Despite being assured by my friend who is a owner of The Petrol Kiosk in Mile 1 that there was no shut down nor any fuel hikes, I was not taking the risk as there was a possibility for an increase as the government had done it before.
In some areas like mile 5, the queue was up to two kilometres long and some kiosks even exhausted their diesel and petrol supplies. Some motorist even bought additional supply.
I was angry with the government for the recent fuel hike that has resulted in many of the interior people having to travel very far to secure fuel supplies as there were very few kiosks available.
I do not know which retail brand stations are involved, Mobil, BP, Petronas, Shell or Esso? It may turn out to be nothing more than a rumour but I’m not taking chances as a man was attacked with samurai swords in Menggatal by his wife for failing to tank up their car during the last fuel hike.
The panic triggered at about 3.00pm as I received SMS from an associate in KL that petrol kiosks would close for five days in protest to demand higher commissions for dealers nation-wide following the recent fuel hike.
I rushed from home to fill my tank. Despite being assured by my friend who is a owner of The Petrol Kiosk in Mile 1 that there was no shut down nor any fuel hikes, I was not taking the risk as there was a possibility for an increase as the government had done it before.
In some areas like mile 5, the queue was up to two kilometres long and some kiosks even exhausted their diesel and petrol supplies. Some motorist even bought additional supply.
I was angry with the government for the recent fuel hike that has resulted in many of the interior people having to travel very far to secure fuel supplies as there were very few kiosks available.
I do not know which retail brand stations are involved, Mobil, BP, Petronas, Shell or Esso? It may turn out to be nothing more than a rumour but I’m not taking chances as a man was attacked with samurai swords in Menggatal by his wife for failing to tank up their car during the last fuel hike.
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