Minister: Price control on essential foods during MCO, no need for panic buying
Sunday, 12 Apr 2020 04:15 PM MYTA man pushes a shopping cart filled with groceries in Kuala Lumpur April 9, 2020. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
He also assured Malaysians that they have no need for panic buying as there is sufficient food supply in the country. “Therefore, the decision of today’s meeting is that the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry will have to and will be implementing a maximum price scheme as a step to curb the increase of prices during the MCO,” he said during a press conference broadcast live today.
As for food supplies, he said both the KPDNHEP and the Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry briefed the Cabinet today that the supply of all food items, especially rice, was “more than enough”.
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