Harga minyak mungkin turun 15 sen lagi

Harga minyak mungkin turun 15 sen lagi
PUTRAJAYA 14 Nov. - Kerajaan dijangka mengumumkan harga runcit baru bagi petrol dan diesel dalam tempoh sehari dua lagi.

Ketika membayangkan kemungkinan itu, Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna, Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad berkata, penurunan kali ini juga dijangka tidak akan melebihi kadar 15 sen seliter seperti penurunan akhir bulan lalu.

''Kerajaan biasanya menurunkan harga minyak secara berperingkat-peringkat, seperti Oktober lepas kita telah menurunkan masing-masing 15 sen pada pertengahan dan hujung bulan.

''Bagaimanapun, Kabinet hari ini tidak berbincang mengenai harga minyak tersebut tetapi tunggulah untuk mengetahui penurunan harga sehari dua lagi," katanya ketika dihubungi Utusan Malaysia hari ini.

Beliau diminta mengulas sama ada harga runcit petrol dan diesel akan diturunkan dalam tempoh terdekat berikutan harga minyak mentah dunia kini berada pada paras terendah AS$57.90 setong.

EPF DEDUCTION REDUCE.ANY COMMENT??

EPF down from 11% to 8%
> Employees can choose to reduce their EPF contributions to increase their
> disposable income next year.The Government has allowed employees to reduce
> their contributions by three percentage points from 2009 to 2011.
>
> Presently, the employer's EPF contribution is 12% while employees contribute
> 11%.
>
> "With the reduction, the total contribution is still at a reasonable rate of
> 20%, which is 12% from the employer and 8% from employee," said Deputy Prime
> Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
>
> Najib, who is also Finance Minister, said if all contributors chose to
> reduce their contributions, it would come up to RM4.8bil annually.
>
> "Assuming that only 50% of contributors take up the option, private spending
> is expected to go up by RM2.4bil," he said.
>
> "A person earning RM2,000 could gain an extra disposable income of RM60
> monthly, while one earning RM6,000 will have an extra RM180 to spend."
>
> But, some workers' unions felt that savings will be reduced and it will
> affect the people's retirement funds