‘Focus too on fragrant rice price as it’s a staple for most Sabahans’


Raising food concerns: Juriah (left) and Fauziah want the issue to be addressed urgently.

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah government should focus on the affordability of fragrant rice and not just control the price of locally-produced rice, says state Warisan women’s leader Juriah Uda.

She said that other types of rice like fragrant rice were commonly consumed by the elderly and also children.

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