GEORGE TOWN: The price of large prawns has been skyrocketing over the past month due to poor catch and bad weather, and now people are claiming that it is costing as much as RM120 a kilo.
Demand for prawns has also spiked because of the coming Chinese New Year as people rush to stock up on the essential item for the dinner table during the festivities.
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