Essential haul: National Youth Skills Institute students with what they ‘bagged’ at the Rahmah Siswa Sale. The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry is initiating programmes on consumer advocacy at selected universities in Kedah. — Bernama
JITRA: The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN) aims to involve 10,000 university students in consumer advocacy programmes held at selected universities in Kedah.
Its deputy minister Fuziah Salleh said the ministry aimed to reach the target in the first three months of the programme, and that the programme was being held for the first time at the National Youth Skills Institute (IKBN) in Jitra yesterday, followed by Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM).
“We are also holding the Rahmah Siswa Sale programme at the same time ... the sale is important as there are needy students who are from the B40 group, and from families in need,” she told reporters at the Jitra IKBN here yesterday, Bernama reported.
She said the Rahmah Sale concept would be expanded to universities following requests from students who want the sales held on campus.
“Students have requested that the sales be carried out on campus as prices are usually offered at 30% discount and necessities will include stationery and I’ve asked to include sanitary towels in Stock Keeping Units that we offer,” she said, adding that the sale was also open to university staffers.
On developments of the floating of chicken prices, Fuziah said monitoring was being conducted daily at four categories – wet markets, grocery shops, hypermarkets and mini markets.
“We found that prices are still low throughout the country.
“There are complaints in northern Sarawak, reports in Limbang and Lawas, with investigations conducted into whether there was rationing happening there.
“But generally chicken prices are stable and remain low,” she added.
