Traders, businesses warned against profiteering after civil service pay raises announced, says minister


PORT DICKSON: Traders and businesses have been warned against profiteering following the salary hike for civil servants announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

In issuing the warning, Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali said his officers had already been planning on ways to counter this when the proposal to give public sector employees a pay rise was made some time ago.

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