BERNAMA – Cabinet to meet tomorrow on cost of living, food supply issues

KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 (Bernama) — The weekly Cupboard meeting will be introduced forward to tomorrow (May 23) to talk about price tag of living and food offer issues, mentioned Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

He reported the Domestic Trade and Shopper Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) and Agriculture and Food items Industries Ministry (MAFI) would short the Cupboard on these troubles, like brief- and extensive-phrase designs to prevail over these troubles.

“So, on Monday I’m calling a Cabinet assembly to specifically glance into how we can equilibrium this sudden maximize in food rates I have questioned KPDNHEP to existing (a report).

“The exact same for food items (concern) MAFI requirements to report on the source of food including chicken,” he told a press conference soon after opening the Symposium on Internationalisation of Bahasa Melayu at Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) listed here today.

Ismail Sabri stated the predicted boost in expense of living is a world wide phenomenon due to, amid other individuals, the Russia-Ukraine conflict and COVID-19 pandemic which have affected food output and provide.

The key minister also said apart from the authorized allow (AP) for food imports, the federal government is also studying the possibility of abolishing other types of AP to ease the stress arising from shortages of other items .

“We hope that by abolishing APs we can at the very least cut down the pressure confronted in phrases of supply of goods, and probably several quarters concerned can reduce prices. But we need to hold out to see its consequences,” he added.

On Wednesday, Ismail Sabri said the govt experienced resolved to abolish the AP for foods imports with instant result.

— BERNAMA

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