A worker is seen arranging sugar stock at the wholesale centre in Kuala Lumpur on March 14, for story on sugar consumption hike due to the recent puasa.—AZMAN GHANI/The Star
I REFER to your front page headline “Confronting a sugar-coated crisis” and the associated reports (The Star, Nov 13), which bring to mind calls by some quarters for the government to abolish the RM500mil support given to local sugar refiners.
I spent 23 years working in the sugar industry before retiring, and from my experience, these two issues need to be looked at together.
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