Don't compare Malaysia with Singapore

I would like to refer to report by The Star dated February 18, 2008 on Pak Lah: Don't Compare Malaysia with Singapore where we were told not to compare “first-class grapes (Singapore) with first-class apples (Malaysia)”. But recently, we were told to compare petrol price with Singapore which we think is not logical. This is very unacceptable and is an insult to our intelligent! It is very frustrating that you said can to something that we think logically cannot and vice versa. Where are the common senses? As a net exporter of petroleum, Malaysia should compare the petrol prices with the following oil producing countries.



If we were to compare with the oil producing oil countries, our petrol price actually is the most expensive. In fact, I don't mind to be the most expensive among the oil producing countries but the price should not be >100% more expensive than United Arab Emirates.