GEORGE TOWN, Sept 19 — Penang has received 30,000kg of local white rice to address a shortage of the rice variety since last week, said state exco Fahmi Zainol.
“We are the first state to receive the rice under the local white rice supply intervention initiative announced by the Agriculture and Food Security Ministry,” he toldHe said the 3,000 sacks of rice will be distributed by the Federal Agricultural Marketing Board .He said individual buyers can buy a maximum of two sacks each directly from Fama while group buys such as traders can buy up to 10 sacks each.
He said the ministry will continue to supply the local white rice in stages until the shortage is resolved.“I’ve checked hyper markets, supermarkets and sundry shops on the island and the mainland, many do not have supply of local white rice,” he said.He reminded the public not to panic buy and hoard local white rice as this could affect supply for others.
“We want autonomy to have our own paddy seed bank as a long-term solution to ensure sufficient supply in Penang,” he said.
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