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SMS: LPG scarcity
Thu, 09/11/2008 10:57 AM | Reader's Forum
Your comments on the scarcity of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) following the announcement of a price increase by state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina
The government always creates policies that make the lives of low-income families more difficult.
Kerosene should be provided continuously.
The kerosene conversion to LPG policy proved to be a wrong move and was not well designed. It should not have been imposed at all.
ROTO
Yogyakarta
LPG has disappeared from the market because of a Pertamina plan to increase LPG prices monthly (by Rp 500 per kilogram per month from August until it reaches a market price), because it has sparked panic buying.
Middle-lower-income groups shifted their procurement from 12-kg LPG canisters to 3-kg canisters due to their different prices.
Meanwhile, the market price of LPG is around Rp.11.000, while the market price of kerosene is Rp 12.000.
The government's plan to switch from kerosene to LPG to reduce consumers' burdens seems to have been a failure.
ABDUL RAHIM
Tangerang, Banten
It is hard to find kerosene in Bekasi! If you find it, the price is around Rp 7,500 per liter. The small people need kerosene for their daily needs.
What a pity. The government must be held responsible for the LPG scarcity.
ROBERT
Bekasi, West Java
The cause of the LPG scarcity is still a big question -- just like other questions over problems faced by Indonesian people today.
Remember the "together we can" slogan?
Perhaps together we can find a solution in the 2009 elections.
ANDOKO DARTA
Jakarta
As Indonesian people, we are always being asked to make sacrifices. Ironically, the government seems to be losing control to Pertamina, the institution built for the interest and welfare of the people -- but the reality is to the contrary.
The government should eradicate corruption and inefficiency at Pertamina to reduce the price of LPG.
YEFTA TANDIYO
Magelang, Central Java
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