Gas Malaysia raises non-power gas tariff by 5.95 pct from July 15

Reuters

KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 (Reuters) - Gas Malaysia Bhd , the country's sole supplier of natural gas except to the power sector, announced a 5.95 percent rise in gas tariffs for the commercial and industrial sectors beginning July 15.

Residential customers, however, will not be affected by the tariff hike, said Gas Malaysia in a stock exchange filing on Wednesday.

The average gas tariff will be raised to 27.05 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) from 25.53 ringgit per mmBtu.

For the full filing, please see: http://bit.ly/298cvY0 (Reporting by Emily Chow; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier)