AFTER the government lowered fuel prices, the people hoped the price of basic needs and cost of transportation would also be reduced. But the prices remained high, like that of cooking oil. The price of crude palm oil, which plunged at the world market last August 28, is not causing the price of cooking oil to go any lower. To find out what the government has done or will do to ensure that prices of basic needs come down, Tempo reporters Taufiqur