MP, netizens baffled by surge in vegetable prices
MUAR MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman has expressed his astonishment over the increase in vegetable prices.
He was referring to recent news about the price hike of certain vegetables – cauliflower prices, for example, had shot up more than 100% – from RM7 to RM16 per kg while Chinese cabbage (choy sum), a Malaysian staple, has increased from RM3 to RM9 per kg in the past two weeks.
“Ridiculous! Some have even gone up two-fold! In addition to relying on @kpdnhep (the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry) for price control, we must look at the core issue for the constant increasing price,” he tweeted.
“The Government should start taking food security issues seriously.”
His tweet had garnered hundreds of likes and responses, with netizens generally voicing their frustration at the price hike.
“Missing the time when @saifnasution was the minister of KPDNHEP. He would always visit the market to monitor the price of goods. The price of chicken was only RM5 per kilo during his time,” tweeted user @faiz92_max, referring to former Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution.
User @fatinanuar similarly complained about the sudden surge in price for broccolis.
“The broccoli’s price difference was the most obvious, YB. I would usually shop for broccoli but when I wanted to buy it last month, the price went crazy. I’m annoyed because the broccoli is so small.”
Meanwhile, user @BaSingSe5000 suggested an increase to the country’s minimum wages while user @BoyJordison joked that MPs would later tell consumers to “not eat vegetables if they are too pricey”.
On a different note, user @caupandan was amused by the fact that politicians these days get their information from social media.
“I always imagined they’d have a team of people researching things like these,” the user tweeted.
Kuala Lumpur Vegetable Wholesalers Association president Wong Keng Fatt previously told FMT that vegetable prices are expected to remain high until possibly after Chinese New Year holidays due to the north-east monsoon. – Nov 24, 2021
“Missing the time when @saifnasution was the minister of KPDNHEP. He would always visit the market to monitor the price of goods. The price of chicken was only RM5 per kilo during his time,” tweeted user @faiz92_max, referring to former Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution.
User @fatinanuar similarly complained about the sudden surge in price for broccolis.
“The broccoli’s price difference was the most obvious, YB. I would usually shop for broccoli but when I wanted to buy it last month, the price went crazy. I’m annoyed because the broccoli is so small.”
Meanwhile, user @BaSingSe5000 suggested an increase to the country’s minimum wages while user @BoyJordison joked that MPs would later tell consumers to “not eat vegetables if they are too pricey”.
On a different note, user @caupandan was amused by the fact that politicians these days get their information from social media.
“I always imagined they’d have a team of people researching things like these,” the user tweeted.
Kuala Lumpur Vegetable Wholesalers Association president Wong Keng Fatt previously told FMT that vegetable prices are expected to remain high until possibly after Chinese New Year holidays due to the north-east monsoon. – Nov 24, 2021
Broccoli are premium vegetables.
ReplyDeleteLearn from Najib. Eat Kangkung instead.
Jokes aside, it's a perfect storm of rising secondary costs - fertiliser, pesticide, transportation, labour shortages, combined with short supply.
It's been raining heavily, and one of the key Cameron Highlands roads has been cut off.
The prices of green vegetables have been more expensive than red meats in China for the past few months of 2021.
ReplyDeleteCould this be possible in m'sia?
Despite the 'huge' increases of green vegetables in m'sia, they r still cheaper than the prices of red meats.
This is basically a distortion of the true marketing economy matrices via years of price control mechanism & ignorant consumer buying behaviours!