File this under ‘obvious’
From Platts, 2013-05-06:
Malaysians could witness their first fuel subsidy cut in 2 1/2 years, following the victory of incumbent Prime Minister Najib Razak in the Sunday elections, HSBC said in a note Monday.
According to the bank, Najib, who has made fiscal reform his priority, could look at cutting subsidies as early as this year.
Malaysia subsidizes 95 RON gasoline and diesel, the prices of which were last raised by MR0.05 ($0.02)/liter to MR1.90/liter and MR1.80/liter, respectively, on December 1, 2010.
Subsidies on 97 RON gasoline were removed in July 2010, and the fuel is subject to a managed float, where the price is determined by an automatic pricing mechanism that tracks international oil price movements.…
Wata - Malaysian Oil and Gas Engineer 
i guess its inevitable. We had it good, and we see it coming. Pity the poorer folks, as they rely of public transport etc.
A better suggestion is to raise the road tax on luxury car, which i mean mercedes (yes wata, that’s you), and ferraris (yes, i am guilty of driving a ferrari).
DuHutt: you do know most bus engines are Mercedes, right? I just have a Mercedes shell with a Kembara engine.