Trade Ministry team monitoring prices of goods on Pangkor


IPOH: The Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry is monitoring the prices of goods sold in Pangkor to ensure there is no price hike come Jan 1.

Its director Saifullizan Kamarul Zaman said with the island becoming duty-free from next month, officers were now checking prices of goods and services to ensure that business owners did not take the opportunity to increase prices drastically.

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