KUALA LUMPUR: The Government has agreed to implement a dual pump system at fuel stations in border areas so that foreigners do not buy fuel at subsidised prices.

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said, under the separate pump system, local citizens buy fuel at subsidised prices while foreigners had to pay current market prices.

The system has two benefits; foreigners will pay for petrol at the current price and Malaysians will know the actual market price of petrol,? he said.

Najib said the system was based on Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad's suggestion.

Shahrir said the fuel station operators were agreeable to the new system. Bernama--The Star