Cold snap drives up prices of some veggies

Bumper harvest: Leafy greens, such as sawi and siew pak choy, are spared from recent woes.

IPOH: Prices for tomatoes, chillies and capsicum from Cameron Highlands are to go up by nearly 70% soon due to low harvests as a result of cold temperatures and pest infestations.However, prices for leafy greens such as sawi (mustard greens), siew pak choy (bok choy), and iceberg lettuce are going down as there was a bumper harvest for these crops.

Cameron Highlands Vegetable Growers Association secretary Chay Ee Mong said vegetables such as tomatoes, french beans, chillies, capsicum, Japanese cucumber, and spinach are affected by the cold snap.