How miuch do you pay for petrol now?

ndsef SG

I do agree with Atobe on this point. I for one have been wondering for the longest time why our petrol prices are so high, so we basically "manufacture" them here in Singapore. We are consuming petrol refined right over at our offshore island!!

I believe taxes are the main cost of petrol here. It is in line with the garmen's policy of allowing one to own a car, but discourage one from driving it.

Petrol prices in Singapore have always been sticky downwards, meaning, increases are often and done easily while decreases are rarely seen!! It is sad to see that the petrol discounts percentage offered actually works like the variable component of salary!! It allows petrol companies to adjust the price without getting into too much "problems" with the consumers.

I am beginning to feel the heat now, very soon I will be going for the 50% discount offered across the causeway!!

PoRen SG

Driving Mazda 3.

Atobe SG

Actually the Singapore Government would prefer that you continuously drive your car around more often, as they can collect more revenue from the petrol that is burnt, also from the ERP, the carparks with the Cashcard payment - that moves your funds electronically with immediate effects (from your account directly into an interim account) and also as well as from the GST when you pay your Service Bills.

The Singapore Government is ever so helpful to make the roads unclogged for us by limiting the number of cars allowed to be sold per month with the C.O.E system.

It will then build open highways, and secondary roads, that entice you to rev up, but the Government imposed ridiculours speed limits that end up straining your car engine, forcing it to consume even more petrol.

If you cannot resist to go beyond the speed limits, they have invested in small hand-held laser cameras that can be used by one person - hiding under or on the overhead Pedestrian Bridge - to snap you as you zip (not zoom) along the open roads. These small laser cameras will need to be paid for.

So you see, there is money to be made by the Government if you drive more often in Singapore, why should they restrict you with a hefty high petrol tax ?

BillyBong SG

It's an obvious take from left pocket to fill the right. There is never a 'no strings attached' discount/rebate from the gahmen.

Since the LTA's insistence on ERP being the only idea to solving the massive congestion on the CTE, it is left to us to interpret their actions as one of implementing a monetary cost onto consumers as a solution.

I recently paid a hefty 1.6++ for SPC, up from 1.54 per litre = almost a full 1 buck more than usual. And that was for octane 95. We certainly should be asking the questions as to who what where when and why.

AF2005 SG

yeah if you don't drive , they still find other ways to squeeze your pockets.

hospitals bills, and children education, and 5% GST. if 5% cannot make enough to pay minister close a million, then new GST 10%.

mind you, MP allowances are also very high.

then there is this make believe NKF pitiful story to squeeze the last $5 out of the lowest income help NKF thinking NKF is dead broke.

the price if, don;t help, many will suffer as NKF make believe no money.

not to mention mediacorp get $500 000 income too, and GST again.

The university school fess will frightened most parents nowadays how to sent 2 kids to NUS with $2000 salary?

somehow someway they will squeeze to trick you to release that blood for them. last time i remember was the singtel shares, so much TV publicity. and even promote people to use CPF money to buy shrs. now rules change again after sucking most old timers CPF dry.

next is the housing rules, they will chaneg back to 80% once they cannot suck any more.

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