Gas prices frozen for three months

Published: 14 May 2012 at 16.54
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The National Energy Policy Council (NEPC) has agreed to freeze the price of compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for use by vehicles for three months, from May 16 to Aug 15, Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong said on Monday.

Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong (File Photo)

Mr Kittiratt, who also oversees the Ministry of Finance, chaired the NEPC meeting on Monday morning to discuss ways to combat the rising cost of living.

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dao
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Discussion 3 : 14 May 2012 at 22.353
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Subsidizing prices of everything using tax payers money is very short sighted and wont benefit the country at all .In fact in will retard growth .
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Discussion 2 : 14 May 2012 at 22.262
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No country in the world can control energy prices for long except Cuba, Iraq and some south american oil producing countries. The should look into alternative energy and also how to produce and distribute enegry efficiently, holding prices down will create a culture of miss-use or overuse resulting in wastage. Rather relief coupons should be used for those who really cant afford the new prices, while charging normal prices for those rich people. You need to take from Peter to help Paul eventually.
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Discussion 1 : 14 May 2012 at 18.581
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l think the commerce minister has been gathering tips from this forum its taken a week to sink in you cant stop a free market so another u-turn all for trying to cover up their misleading inflation figures and in denial that consumers good have gone up even world wide so it wasnt imaginery now they trying to save face it beggars believe
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