Defiant Petrol Kiosk Operators Asked To Give Up Licences

KUALA LUMPUR, The Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associations (Fomca) today asked petrol kiosk operators to give up their licences if they insist on reducing their operating hours to between 7am and 10pm from the present 24 hours.

Fomca President Datuk N. Marimuthu said these members of the Petrol Dealers Association of Malaysia (PDAM) could return the licences to the oil companies."The oil companies say they receive many applications from people wanting to operate petrol kiosks," he told Bernama.He was commenting on the PDAM's endorsement of a resolution by its members at its annual delegates conference of Aug 1 to reduce the operating hours of petrol kiosks.

He had earlier closed a competition on consumerism held in conjunction with Consumers Day 2007 at the Tenaga Nasional Sports Complex in Bangsar.Marimuthu said the cited reason of security concerns reflected that the country was unsafe.Meanwhile, Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry Secretary-General Mohd Zain Mohd Dom said the ministry would hold a meeting with PDAM on Aug 15 to find a solution.

-- BERNAMA