Monsoon to drive up price of veggies, seafood


Soon to soar: A woman picking out vegetables to buy at the Tanjung Rambutan wet market in Ipoh. — RONNIE CHIN/The Star

IPOH: The prices of several types of vegetables from Cameron Highlands are expected to soar by as much as 40% in the next few weeks due to the monsoon season affecting crop production.

Cameron Highlands Malay Farmers Association president Datuk Syed Abdul Rahman Syed Abdul Rashid said it had been raining heavily daily in the afternoons.

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