PADANG BESAR, April 1 — The government has decided for its institutions such as the military, police, schools, hostels and hospitals to use imported white rice from today to enable the people to obtain local rice. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the people can get sufficient supply of local rice if these institutions … Read more
PUTRAJAYA, March 15 — In a Ramadan bazaar in the Presint 14 neighbourhood here which borders Kajang, a queue could be seen forming in front of a humble murtabak stall. Its draw? The stall was selling its chicken murtabak for merely RM5 compared to the average price of RM6 or 7 — as part of … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 ― The onion cultivation programme, which will be implemented in phases starting this year until 2030, is expected to reduce the country’s onion imports by 30 per cent, said Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu. According to him, the programme would be implemented in two phases, namely the … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 — Agriculture and Food Securities Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu that the country is on the right track to reduce its dependence on imported red onions. He said this follows the success of the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) in producing three varieties of MARDI red onion, namely BAW-1, … Read more
BANGKOK: Thailand has confirmed three imported Covid-19 cases of the Omicron variant and has detected another potential case for the virus – a Thai man returning from Congo. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
CAMBODIA has lifted its ban on the import of frozen food from India as the Covid-19 situation in the South Asian country has improved. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
19 companies were found to have conspired with a local company that was allowed to import frozen meat from Brazil legally.
