Johor has enough rice supply, says MP and regulator

The Star

There is enough of daily necessities, especially white rice and there is no need for consumers to go into panic buying, said Pasir Gudang MP Hassan Karim and personnel of the state rice regulator during their visit to a supermarket and the rice stockpile in Johor.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/mu5v8u9z  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

Transcript

00:00 Pasir Gudang MP Hassan Karim made his rounds at a supermarket in Taman Cendana to check

00:08 on the supply of daily necessities on Tuesday.

00:22 He said his visit showed that several places ran out of local white rice due to insufficient

00:27 supply from the distributor.

00:29 He said the government has been carrying out intervention programmes to address issues

00:33 related to the shortage of local white rice.

00:36 "The last time we received rice was on 21st September.

00:43 We didn't have much left.

00:46 It was sold out quickly.

00:48 Today is 26th September, it's been five days.

00:52 When people come to buy rice from other places, they are forced to buy imported rice which

01:00 is much more expensive.

01:02 If not, the children will be left with nothing to eat."

01:10 He said the authorities have given their operators the assurance that they will intervene and

01:14 ensure local rice sent to the supermarkets in Johor.

01:18 "This is the eighth day of the month since we have carried out this intervention.

01:22 We have delivered 190 metric tonnes of rice to the market.

01:26 We have delivered 60 metric tonnes of rice to the market yesterday and today.

01:32 The rice has been delivered to the whole of Johor yesterday.

01:36 The government has also ordered 103 farmers from all over the country to come to this place

01:46 and deliver rice to their respective areas."

01:49 The government said the supply of local white rice is expected to stabilise within a month

01:54 following the increase in rice production.

01:56 For more information, visit www.fema.gov.uk

Recommended

Category

Transcript

Recommended