Misleading fuel hike commercial<\/p>\n
From Koran Tempo<\/p>\n
Among other things, I have found two misleading pieces of
\ninformation in Pertamina's (state-owned oil company) television
\ncommercial on the hike in fuel prices, which has two comedians as
\nthe cast, Nunung and Bolot.<\/p>\n
The first is when Bolot compares the price of packaged mineral
\nwater, which is more expensive, with the price of fuel. Mineral
\nwater and fuel are clearly two different commodities. The mineral
\nwater industry is free to fix its own prices, such as Aqua's Rp
\n1,500 per bottle versus Evian's Rp 10,000. Our country's fuel, on
\nthe other hand, concerns the lives of the entire population
\n(refer to the 1945 Constitution, article number 33). We can
\ncertainly live without those branded mineral waters, but fuel is
\none of the basic necessities of modern life.<\/p>\n
The second is when Nunung, playing a migrant worker in
\nSingapore, says: \"In Singapore, where I'm working, the diesel
\nfuel is more expensive, it's Rp 3,000 per liter, you know!\"
\nProbably so, and it could be reasoned that Singapore is not an
\noil-producing nation anyway, whereas Indonesia happens to be one
\nof the largest oil producers in the world. It is only natural
\nthat the commodity's prices should be far cheaper here.<\/p>\n
Perhaps Pertamina thinks that it should protect its corporate
\nimage by giving carefully thought out reasons for the price
\nincrease. But please, the scenes in the commercials only further
\nmuddle the public's thinking and they are nothing more than being
\nmerely apologetic.<\/p>\n
SHINTA LAKSMI<\/p>\n
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