TELUK INTAN: Five more items have been included in the Festive Season Maximum Price Scheme in conjunction with the Chinese New Year (CNY) celebration this year, says the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN).
Minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali said the five items are red chillies, large yellow onions, imported large shallots, short mustard or Japanese mustard for the peninsula, and chicken wings for Sabah, Sarawak and the Federal Territory of Labuan.
With the additional five items, he said, there are 16 items on the list for the Chinese New Year this year, compared to 11 last year.
He said the maximum price control scheme for the Chinese New Year period this year will be for nine days, from Jan 25 to Feb 2, which is four days before and four days after the day of the celebration.
Armizan said this at a press conference after the launch of the Rahmah Madani Sales Programme and the announcement of the scheme for the festive period at the Lotus’s Supermarket here yesterday, Bernama reported.
Also present were Perak Domestic Trade, Cooperatives, Consumer Affairs and Chinese New Village Committee chairman Woo Kah Leong and KPDN secretary-general Datuk Seri Mohd Sayuthi Bakar.
Armizan said with the enforcement of the price control scheme, through the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering Act 2011, wholesalers and retailers should not sell the goods in the list exceeding the maximum control price that has been set.
The goods should also be marked with pink price tags, he added.
On the Rahmah Madani Sales Programme for the Chinese New Year, he stated that it will be expanded, particularly in focus areas with a Chinese population.
“As of Jan 20, a total of 472 Chinese New Year PJRMs have been held, and more will be held,” he said, adding that the introduction of these initiatives reflected the commitment of the Madani government to reduce the people’s burden.
