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KUALA LUMPUR: Food security committees at the state and district levels will be set up to ensure the federal and state governments can implement the National Food Security Policy Action Plan 2021-2025 in a synergistic manner, says Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. The Prime Minister said this was decided at a meeting he chaired today with mentris besar and chief ministers, … [Read more...] about State, district committees to be set up to implement food security action plan in a coordinated manner, says PM

KUALA LUMPUR: Despite the sharp decline in crude palm oil (CPO) prices over the past three weeks, international palm oil expert Thomas Mielke foresees palm oil prices to rebound in the near term. Speaking at a webinar organised by UOB Kay Hian (UOBKH) Research, Mielke who is ISTA Mielke GmbH (Oil World) executive director, said he expects CPO prices to recover and “the recent … [Read more...] about CPO prices set to recover

SINGAPORE — About half the households in Singapore will pay higher electricity bills for the next three months, with the electricity tariff for the next quarter going up by about eight per cent compared to the previous quarter. The electricity tariff for the period July 1 to Sept 30 will be 30.17 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh), excluding the goods and services tax (GST), said … [Read more...] about Higher electricity bills in Singapore for next 3 months as tariffs rise by 8%

SINGAPORE - A 28-year-old Singaporean woman in Malaysia was killed on Wednesday (June 29) after the car she was in skidded and crashed. The accident took place at around 5.15pm on a highway along the eastern coast of Malaysia, Chinese newspaper Shin Min Daily News reported on Thursday. The woman had been on a trip with a man and two other women, who are all Malaysians. One … [Read more...] about Singaporean woman, 28, killed in Malaysia car crash