Singapore chicken supply assured via many sources

Taking a hit: A vendor prepares a plate of chicken rice at a hawker centre in Singapore. Malaysia’s export ban of live chickens is a blow to Singapore, which imports about a third of its supply from its neighbour. — AFP

SINGAPORE: The country expects to receive more chicken imports from several countries in the coming weeks, a minister says, helping the city-state maintain supply even after Malaysia halted exports at the start of the month.

“We will be expecting more supplies of both chilled chicken from Australia and Thailand, and frozen chicken from sources such as Brazil and the United States in the coming weeks,” Desmond Tan, minister of state for home affairs and sustainability and the environment, said in a Facebook post.