Kuala Lumpur: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has agreed to implement four additional intervention measures to overcome the rice supply issue in the country.
Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu said these included directing the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority to increase the distribution of local white rice in rural areas, including sundry shops.“Because the sales margin of local white rice is only 50 sen per 10 kilogrammes of rice, the Government will bear the transportation cost for FAMA,” he told a special press conference here, Monday.
He said the Ministry on Monday launched the Special Integrated Task Force on White Rice Operations Enforcement which is headed by Deputy Agriculture and Food Security Minister Chan Foong Hin. Mohamad, who is also Kota Raja MP, said the Ministry would take firm action against any parties found to have changed rice bags, mixed local white rice with imported white rice or hoarded local rice.
“Actually, there is no shortage of rice in Malaysia but the price of imported rice has increased rapidly,” he added.
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