Putrajaya raises ceiling price for three-ply face masks
BY R. LOHESWAR
KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 ― Putrajaya has stopped all exports of surgical masks and increased the ceiling price for the three-ply variant. “With this, we hope to increase the availability of face masks,” Nanta was quoted saying in The Star after jointly chairing a meeting with Agriculture and Food Industry Minister Datuk Ronald Kiandee to discuss with stakeholders in the food production and retail industries.
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