11 items listed under Christmas maximum price scheme
Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub showing the list of controlled price items ahead of the Christmas celebrations.
KUALA LUMPUR : A total of 11 items have been listed under the Christmas Festive Season Maximum Price Control Scheme (SHMPP).
Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub said the scheme would be implemented for five days from Dec 23 to 27.
" The scheme is to ensure that prices remain stable and to avoid profiteering." he told a press conference at the parliament building today.
The items were live mature chicken (controlled in Sarawak only), chicken wings (controlled in Sarawak, Sabah and Labuan), imported mutton, tomatoes, green capsicum and round cabbage (imported from China and Indonesia).
Other items were carrots, potatoes (imported from China), live pig (controlled in Sarawak, Sabah and Labuan) pork belly and pork meat and fat (controlled in Sarawak, Sabah and Labuan)
Salahuddin explained that the prices of certain goods were only controlled in certain areas as the demand for the items were very high there.
At the same time, Salahuddin said the price of chicken and chicken eggs is currently being controlled under a different mechanism.
He said the implementation period of the price control scheme for Christmas was appropriate as it would be able to create a win-win situation for consumers and traders.
Meanwhile, Salahuddin said more than 2,000 enforcement personnel would be deployed to monitor the prices of goods at public markets, farmers’ markets and retail outlets nationwide.
" We hope that all traders will adhere to the prices set under the scheme and display the pink price tags for the controlled price items.
"Stern action including penalties will be taken against traders who fail to comply with the regulations under this scheme,” he said.
The public can check the prices of the items involved under the Christmas price control scheme on the ministry's website at www.kpdnhep.gov.my.
