PETALING JAYA: There is no plan to increase the ceiling price of local white rice to RM3.40 per kg as suggested by certain quarters, says the Agriculture and Food Security Ministry.
In a response to the proposal by local hypermarket chain Mydin managing director Datuk Ameer Ali Mydin, the ministry said the ceiling price of local white rice would remain regulated at RM2.60 per kg.
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