PETALING JAYA: The petrol price for RON97 will drop by 19 sen from midnight until Oct 11, after it had increased for three consecutive weeks.
RON97 will sell for RM2.60 per litre instead of RM2.79.
The price of RON95 remains at RM2.08 per litre and diesel at RM2.18 per litre.
The government has been subsidising fuel prices to alleviate the cost of living of the people and to stabilise prices, the finance ministry said.
Putrajaya will spend RM101.52 million in subsidies to rein in the price of fuel for this coming seven-day period, the ministry said.