GOVT CANNOT CUT FUEL PRICES CONTINUOUSLY

LIMA (Peru), Nov 22 - The government cannot reduce the retail price of petrol and diesel continuously when global crude oil prices decline as they are volatile and can increase again within a short period.
Lowering prices too fast and too low could also have an adverse impact on efforts to develop alternative sources of energy, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak said here on Friday.
The current low price of oil "is not sustainable, it's going to go up (and) when the price goes up, there will be a need to do a review," said Najib, who is in this Peruvian capital to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit beginning Saturday.
He was responding to questions on the impact of the low global crude oil prices on fuel prices in Malaysia, on Petronas and on the economy at a press conference with the Malaysian media at the Miraflores hotel here.
Najib spoke to media after performing the Friday prayers at the Peruvian Islamic Centre. He also gave a contribution of US$5,000 to the centre.

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i) Department of the Air Force: 53%Department
ii) Navy (including Marine Corps): 32%
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Oil has fallen by 11 percent this week taking it close to a $100 drop from its July record high and setting it on course for the steepest weekly decline since the week of October 6.
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Courtesy to Reuters