#KiniNews: Muhyiddin 'thanks' Anwar for egg price reduction; PM comments on diesel subsidy move

[KiniNews] In response to the government’s move to reduce egg prices by three sen, former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin gave a tongue-in-cheek reply by “thanking” Putrajaya for it.

Muhyiddin also reminded the government that the blanket subsidy removal for diesel resulted in price hikes across many goods and services, including school bus fare.

"Perhaps, the government should have announced a comprehensive package worth RM4 billion to help the people - which is equivalent to the savings anticipated from the targeted subsidy measure," he said.

Meanwhile, in a separate story, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said the increase in fares by Singapore travel agencies and tour buses, along with the busting of diesel-smuggling syndicates at the border, proves that the diesel subsidy rationalisation initiative should be continued.

"All tour buses and travel companies from Singapore want to raise prices because they say they can’t get diesel subsidies, which means for decades, our subsidies went to Singapore companies, to Thai fishing boats. A lot of funds were leaking," said Anwar.

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