PETALING JAYA: The proposal to increase the ceiling price of local white rice to RM3.40 per kg has been shot down by the Agriculture and Food Security Ministry.
In a response to the proposal made by local hypermarket chain Mydin's managing director Datuk Ameer Ali Mydin, the ministry said that the ceiling price of the local white rice would remain regulated at RM2.60 per kg.
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