KUALA LUMPUR: Starting today, residents of the Federal Territories have the opportunity to purchase essential items, including chicken and eggs, at prices lower than the ceiling price through the Jualan Rakyat MyGrocer@Wilayah programme.
Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Dr Shahidan Kassim said the programme, to be held for a period of six months, would be implemented in every people’s housing project (PPR) and public housing projects (PA) in the federal capital and selected shops in Labuan.
The programme will kick off at PA Sri Johor here today, involving an allocation of RM3.48mil, he said.
“Each beneficiary must be a Malaysian citizen,” he said in a statement.
“They will get to purchase chicken with a RM3 subsidy per bird and save 50sen for 10 grade B eggs.
“Through this programme, every household can save up to 14.29% for each purchase of one chicken and 10 eggs,” he said yesterday.
According to Bernama, Shahidan said about 147,000 residents at 61 PPR and PA in Kuala Lumpur and 19,000 B40 residents in Labuan were expected to benefit from the programme.
In Kuala Lumpur, he said essential items and dried food would be brought directly by suppliers to housing areas, while in Labuan, the Jualan Rakyat programme would be implemented through retailers who had been identified by the Labuan Corporation.
Shahidan said that the initiative was one of the government’s and ministry’s efforts to alleviate the economic burden of Keluarga Malaysia and reduce the impact of inflation.
“Hopefully, this programme can reduce the cost of living burden, especially among the B40 group in the Federal Territories,” he added.
