Fuel price hike

Yup. The most talked about issue for the past few days. The fuel price hike of Rm0.78 for petrol and RM1.oo for diesel.
I can make this entry very very very very very (very of the very very) long, which can put you off from reading it and waste my time to type and go through it. So, it'll be as brief (yay) as i can make it (me, brief? Nooooo)
Let's face it, the hike was a bit steep. This "up-ping" process will gradually flow into other things as well. Go and pick an item today and see how the price of it change in a few days. You know some of the facts on fuell prices and subsidies better than i do, so i'll leave it as it is.
However, though some of us believe (me too) that a price hike is unavoidable for the benefit of our future, the gap which we just filled was way too much for many. This will induce a similar jump in prices of everyday requirements, which is much much important for any individual. We don't drink petrol, do we not? At the current condition, the higher income people couldn't care less, the almost zero income will die in vain (and a whole-lotta-pain) and the rest of us (lower and middle income people) stuck in between with nowhere to run and hanging by our throats.
Personally, i feel that the best way to solve this was a gradual hike. For instance, the people above should announce (with facts, figures and evidence that can be made public; government need to keep some secret too) that a price hike was required and make a gradual increase as not to catch us all by surprise. The hike would be 10sen per 3 months, or something like that. That way, people can use one month to adjust themselves, another to grow and the last month to prepare for the next hike. With this, the rather mediocre compensation given to motorist and motorcyclist won't be necessary and the money can be used for other things.
One more thing though, just ban or create a system that shuns foreign motorist from having a cheaper-than-my-place fuel. Just because some 'makcik' is losing an amount of money at her fuel station somewhere near the border that the rest of the nation just watch as our still cheaper fuel is siphoned out of the country. Oh yes, you're limiting them to top up RM20 maximum, but they're not that stupid. Just fill up Rm20 at 5 different fuel stations and hey presto, full tank of our cheaper-than-my-place juice. Try this: The have to have a full tank of fuel coming in our country and leave with only a 1/4 remaining. If not, tax/charge/fine them the difference. That way, it'll ensure them buying their more expensive fuel coming in and bringing out as little as possible of our cheap fuel. Oh yes, and it's enforced on all non-locally registered vehicles. Human can lie, evidence (that's the registration plate) doesn't. Shame on them who says they're Malaysians but only for their benefit.
i'm quite sure that some of you have your own ideas on this thing, so feel free to give your comment.
Funnily enough, i quite like the idea of reducing the allowance of the top officials that was mentioned in the news a few days ago. Whatever the details was, the basic thing is this: We have to be more efficient in our life. So, enough with the extra-mextra stuff that only promotes wastage and inefficiency. Go make your life more efficient and reduce wastage wherever possible. And this includes myself, you the reader and everyone on this planet. God didn't place us as vicegerents on earth for nothing. Think about that...

The queue i was in at one of the fuel station near Proton Shah Alam. Yes3, i was daft enough to try get my hand on some supply of the cheaper-at-that-time petrol.

Thank God i came just in the nick of time. Look at the queue behind me...