{"id":12537,"date":"2021-12-01T15:17:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T07:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=12537"},"modified":"2021-12-01T15:17:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T07:17:38","slug":"hike-in-ice-price-not-justified-ismail-sabri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=12537","title":{"rendered":"Hike in ice price not justified – Ismail Sabri"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 1\u2014 Ice manufacturers do not have a good reason to increase the price of their products in the local market, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commenting on the 50 sen increase for a packet of ice cubes, Ismail Sabri said this should not have happened as the government did not increase water and electricity tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe price of ice should not have increased because the government maintains water and electricity supply at a cheap rate without any increase,\u201d he told reporters after conducting price checks on essential goods at MyFarm Outlet Kasih here today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He said this situation was unlike the hike in bread price which was due to an increase in flour price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur country does not grow wheat; we import flour. So, this has an impact on bread price,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following complaints from various quarters, Ismail Sabri wants the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry to conduct a thorough study on the factor of production costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We want information on costs at every supply chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The government does not want the people to be burdened with price hikes for essential goods due to the production cost factor,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NMT<\/a> as reported by Bernama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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