KUCHING, Feb 28 (Bernama) -- In yet another "People First" initiative,
the prices of essential goods in Sarawak, Sabah and Labuan will be
standardised with those in the peninsula beginning tomorrow under the
1Malaysia 1Price programme.
Source from (Bernama): http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v7/ge/newsgeneral.php?id=931090
Published: March 01, 2013
These goods include sugar, cooking oil and general purpose flour, said
Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Ismail
Sabri Yaakob.
"The standardisation will also encompass 304 products sold at the
1Malaysia Shops (KR1M), 89 products of the 1Malaysia Co-op Shops and 69
products of Fama (Federal Agriculture Marketing Authority).
"The standardisation has been made possible with the government bearing
the cost of shipping the goods from the peninsula to Sarawak, Sabah and
Labuan and the cost of delivery to the rural and interior areas, to the
tune of RM386 million," he told a news conference after launching the
1Malaysia 1Price programme and officiating the KR1M in Medan Hamidah,
here.
Ismail Sabri said the 1Malaysia 1Price programme was another initiative
of the government to lower the cost of living in Sarawak, Sabah and
Labuan.
Ismail Sabri said the standardisation of the prices gave traders no
reason to raise the prices of essential goods because shipping cost,
which was the primary cause of rising prices, was fully borne by the
government.
"We will undertake monitoring to make sure that the standardisation of
the prices works. We also want consumers to lodge reports on
irregularities to protect themselves and not take everything lying
down," he said.
Replying to a question, he said errant traders would be blacklisted and removed from the distribution list.
He also said that the government would proceed with the proposal to build 57 KR1M in Sarawak, Sabah and Labuan.
"Right now, Sarawak has four KR1M and Sabah, three. The remaining 54 are in the process of planning and development," he said.
-- BERNAMA
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