SIBU, Dec 13: Lanang MP Alice Lau has called on the GPS government to absorb the cost of changing gas cylinders from yellow to red types during the transition in the LPG market, where Petros Niaga now controls 100% of the market since Dec 1.
Lau, in a press conference, suggested that the government should either absorb the cost of changing 14kg gas cylinders or renew the gas distribution license of MyGaz to ease the impact on those with yellow cylinders during the transition period.
“The GPS government should either absorb the cost of 14kg gas cylinders change or renew the license of the gas distribution license of MyGaz. But the only solution is to absorb the cost of RM200 for each gas cylinder change from yellow to red,” she said.
Lau highlighted the predicament of yellow gas cylinder owners, both households and businesses, who are facing difficulties exchanging their cylinders as dealers and distributors refuse to accept them since November.
She urged the GPS government not to force gas dealers and distributors to bear the cost during the transition period.
“I urge the GPS government to absorb the cost and not force dealers to do it. You need to be fair when you want to monopolise the market. If it can’t absorb the cost, then renew the license of MyGaz so that the distribution of gas through the yellow cylinders can continue,” she stressed.
Lau emphasised that there are over one million yellow cylinders in the State and called on the five GPS assemblymen in Sibu to propose solutions to address the challenges faced by the people in this matter.
On Nov 21, Minister of Utilities and Telecommunications Datuk Seri Julaihi Narawi announced in the Sarawak Legislative Assembly that the State government had decided not to renew the LPG distribution license of MyGaz, giving Petros Niaga full control of the LPG market from Dec 1 onward. — DayakDaily
