Daily showers bring vegetable shortage and price woes


IPOH: The unpredictable weather has affected the production of vegetables in Cameron Highlands, causing shortages and prices to double.

Cameron Highlands Vegetable Growers Association secretary Chay Ee Mong said there would usually be dry weather from January to March, but it had been raining almost daily up in the highlands.

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