Kota Kinabalu: Some manufacturers have stopped producing subsidised wheat flour due to increased production costs, said Community Development and People’s Wellbeing Minister Datuk Shahelmey Yahya.
“Flour is one of the essential items that have price controls and subsidies,” he said at the State Legislative Assembly sitting, here, Tuesday.
“The subsidised multi-purpose wheat flour is sold at RM1.35 each. However, most that are being sold in the market at RM3.83 each is unsubsidised wheat flour.”
He disclosed that through observations conducted by his team in shops as well as on consumers, the majority consumption of wheat flour in the market is the unsubsidised type.
“As such, the issue of subsidised flour production is not a serious matter as most consumers use unsubsidised flour,” he said.
He was responding to a supplementary question by Senallang assemblyman Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal.
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