{"id":3922,"date":"2020-05-21T00:58:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T16:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=3922"},"modified":"2020-05-21T00:58:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T16:58:55","slug":"govt-monitoring-prices-of-goods-since-inception-of-mco-says-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=3922","title":{"rendered":"Govt monitoring prices of goods since inception of MCO, says minister"},"content":{"rendered":"
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KAJANG, May 20 –\u00a0Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi\u00a0said the government has always been sensitive to consumer complaints and had begun to control the prices of goods since the inception of the Movement Control Order (MCO).<\/p>\n

He said this when commenting on complaints received that the government was slow in controlling the prices of essential goods ahead of Aidilfitri.<\/p>\n

In fact, he said, he regularly liaised with\u00a0the Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry Datuk Seri Dr Ronald Kiandee to discuss the matter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cActually we are not slow, we are always concerned, we have been monitoring for weeks. Even during the MCO\u00a0we found that the prices of goods have been\u00a0low.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“In the first week of the MCO we also held discussions with all the industry players, manufacturers, wholesalers and supermarkets (to discuss the price of goods),\u201d\u00a0he told reporters after inspecting the Festive Season Maximum Price\u00a0Control\u00a0Scheme\u00a0at a supermarket here, today.<\/p>\n

About the Festive Season Price Control Scheme, Nanta said checks had been carried out at all the major markets and supermarkets nationwide today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The results of the inspection found\u00a0the average trader in compliance with the maximum price especially for the retail price of standard chicken\u00a0set by the government.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cAll wet markets reportedly sell standard chicken at a maximum retail price of RM7.50 per kilogramme<\/p>\n

“An inspection at the supermarket shows that chicken was priced\u00a0between RM7 and RM7.40 per kg\u00a0 which is lower than the maximum price,” he said, referring to recent complaints about a sudden rise in the price of chicken.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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– BERNAMA\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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