IPOH, March 23 — There is no need for the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN) to authorise officers from local authorities to conduct price monitoring, said Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming.
This is due to the effective enforcement efforts being undertaken by KPDN.
“Only the implementation should be improved. I am confident that under the leadership of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali, this effort will be intensified,” he told the press after officiating the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Perak Chinese Assembly Hall building today.
Nga was responding to Umno Youth chief Muhamad Akmal Saleh’s call for more frequent monitoring of goods prices, especially as the festive season draws near.
In the meantime, he urged locals to explore job opportunities in the dirty, dangerous and difficult (3D) sector, including in wholesale markets.
“Many of the employees in the wholesale market are legal foreign workers…so, we hope that locals can seize employment opportunities, especially in the 3D sector,” Nga said, adding the local authorities will also conduct periodic checks and monitoring of business premises to ensure local traders do not arbitrarily lease out their licences to foreigners.
Meanwhile, the minister hopes all 222 MPs will support the Federal Constitution amendment on the citizenship of children born abroad to Malaysian mothers and foreign fathers, which is expected to be tabled for its first reading at the Dewan Rakyat next week.
“I hope this Constitutional amendment will receive support (from all MPs) to uphold social justice for these innocent children (born abroad to Malaysian mothers and foreign fathers),” he said.
— Bernama
