Enough chickens for CNY
PETALING JAYA: More than enough affordably priced chickens will be available during the Chinese New Year, says Agriculture and Food Security Ministry secretary-general Datuk Lokman Hakim Ali.
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PETALING JAYA: More than enough affordably priced chickens will be available during the Chinese New Year, says Agriculture and Food Security Ministry secretary-general Datuk Lokman Hakim Ali.
Malaysia’s food ministry said it will implement a price control scheme during the holiday period. Subsidies for poultry farmers were discontinued on November 1 last year, and replaced with a price cap on chicken.
PETALING JAYA: There will be short-term volatility in chicken and egg prices following the lifting of the ceiling prices for the two items, say economists.
JOHOR BARU: Although no Nipah cases have been reported in Malaysia since 1999, fear of the virus continues to linger in the minds of pig farmers in the country.
PETALING JAYA: Consumers are likely to pay slightly more for chickens and eggs when their prices are left to market forces beginning July 1, according to the Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associations (Fomca).