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Chicken subsidies end today, savings allocated to boost welfare initiatives

KUALA LUMPUR: Subsidies and price controls on chicken have been lifted effective today to enable the government to enhance various socio-economic initiatives and welfare programmes, including cash assistance. Despite the removal of price controls, the government guarantees that there will be no sudden price hikes for this essential commodity and assures the public of a […]

New ceiling prices for chicken, eggs to help curb big rise in food inflation

KUALA LUMPUR: The move to set new ceiling prices for chicken and eggs will help to limit potentially larger adjustment that would add to the overall food inflation, according to MIDF Research. “For example, the new ceiling price for chicken at RM9.40 per kilogramme (kg) for Peninsular Malaysia is only an increase of 5.6 per cent from the […]