Urgent need for price control


THE skyrocketing prices of essential goods is a cause for alarm and affect Malaysians from almost every socio-economic group.

Unless you have just returned from a trip to the moon, you would have realised that almost all types of goods – from your teh tarik at the kopitiam to vegetables at the market – have increased in price over the last few months.

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Brian Martin

Brian Martin

Brian Martin is the managing editor of The Star.

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