Guna ‘Price Catcher’ sebelum beli ayam
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PETALING JAYA – Orang ramai disaran menggunakan aplikasi Price Catcher sebelum membeli ayam.
Menteri Komunikasi dan Digital (KKD), Fahmi Fadzil berkata, ia bertujuan mendapatkan harga yang terbaik.
“Harga ayam naik? Guna Price Catcher untuk cari harga ayam terbaik berdekatan anda!,” katanya dalam satu hantaran di Facebook hari ini.
Aplikasi Price Catcher membolehkan pengguna membuat perbandingan harga barangan di 1,500 premis di seluruh negara.
Kerajaan baru-baru ini mengumumkan subsidi dan kawalan harga bagi ayam ditamatkan bermula 1 November lalu.
Ia bagi mengurangkan ketirisan subsidi yang turut dinikmati warga asing dan golongan berpendapatan tinggi.
Bagaimanapun subsidi serta kawalan harga bagi telur ayam gred A,B dan C diteruskan.
Pengumuman itu menimbulkan kebimbangan ramai akan menyebabkan harga ayam naik.
Harga purata ayam RM8.51 sekilogram
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SHAH ALAM - Harga purata ayam bersih standard peringkat nasional adalah RM8.51 per kilogram berdasarkan pemantauan dilakukan Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Kos Sara Hidup (KPDN) pada Jumaat.
Bagi harga purata di Semenanjung Malaysia adalah RM8.46 per kilogram, di Sabah (RM11.61), Sarawak (RM10.14) dan Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan (RM12.50).
Timbalan Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Kos Sara Hidup, Fuziah Salleh berkata, pemeriksaan dan pemantauan harga barang dilakukan di Pasar Awam Presint 8, Putrajaya dan Pasar Awam Kajang, Selangor.
"Tujuan pemeriksaan dan pemantauan ini dilaksanakan bagi meninjau situasi semasa yang berlaku di lapangan berhubung penjualan ayam susulan penamatan subsidi dan kawalan ke atas harga ayam bermula 1 November 2023.
"KPDN telah menggerakkan lebih 2,200 orang anggota penguat kuasa di seluruh negara untuk menjalankan pemeriksaan dan penguatkuasaan di bawah Akta Kawalan Harga dan Antipencatutan 2011 (Akta 723).
Program Jualan Rahmah Perdana dianjur sempena Deepavali
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KUALA LUMPUR - Program Jualan Rahmah (PJR) Perdana sempena sambutan Deepavali akan diadakan bagi mengurangkan beban kos sara hidup golongan berpendapatan rendah (B40) dan miskin tegar.
Program anjuran Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Kos Sara Hidup (KPDN) Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur itu menawarkan barangan keperluan asas pada harga lebih rendah dalam skala yang besar.
KPDN Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur dalam satu kenyataan memaklumkan, pasar raya yang terlibat dalam PJR Perdana kali ini adalah Aeon Big, Giant, NSK, KK Mart, Mydin dan Hero Market.
"Sebanyak enam barang keperluan asas utama akan dijual dengan harga rendah dan telah didiskaunkan," menurut kenyataan itu pada Jumaat.
Kenyataan itu turut memaklumkan, antara barangan keperluan harian ditawarkan pada harga lebih rendah dari pasaran setempat ialah ayam, beras, minyak masak, telur ayam, bihun dan sardin.
"Program ini juga diharapkan dapat untuk membantu bagi meringankan beban perbelanjaan isi rumah rakyat Malaysia," katanya lagi.
Bagi tujuan sama sebelum ini, (KPDN) Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur telah melaksanakan PJR secara bergerak di 11 kawasan Parlimen di Kuala Lumpur pada 24 Jun hingga 1 Ogos yang lalu.
Pengguna perlu bijak bandingkan harga ayam - FOMCA
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KUALA LUMPUR - Susulan bermulanya pengapungan harga ayam pada Rabu, pengguna disaran bijak memilih lokasi bagi membeli bahan mentah itu pada harga yang sesuai dengan kemampuan masing-masing.
Bendahari Agung Gabungan Persatuan-Persatuan Pengguna Malaysia (FOMCA), Nur Asyikin Aminuddin berkata, cara paling mudah untuk membuat perbandingan harga adalah melalui aplikasi mudah alih ‘Price Catcher’ yang dibangunkan oleh Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Kos Sara Hidup (KPDN).
"Pengguna sudah boleh buat pilihan, bila harga diapungkan, maknanya harga itu dah kembali ke fitrah asal ekonomi iaitu penawaran dan permintaan,” katanya kepada Bernama.
"Jadi kita sebagai pengguna boleh membuat pilihan terutamanya melalui aplikasi Price Catcher yang bukan sahaja boleh membuat perbandingan harga ayam, tetapi juga bahan lain.
"Jadi kita boleh tengok pasar raya mana yang menjual ayam (pada harga yang) lebih rendah,” tambahnya.
Read more: Pengguna perlu bijak bandingkan harga ayam - FOMCA
Consumers will still buy poultry even if prices go up
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KUALA LUMPUR: Consumers say they have no choice but to continue buying chicken even if prices increase after Putrajaya ended price caps for the popular meat.
Norhaslina Md Radzi told The Star that this is because chicken has become a household staple for many families.
The 39-year-old mother of four from Ampang said she buys at least two birds at a time, which lasts for up to two days.
“I am afraid the floating price of chicken will make it expensive for us, so I would still prefer if they had a ceiling price.
“My kids love to eat chicken, and they can even fry it themselves. So, for families like mine, we will still buy even if the price goes up,” she said when met at the Chow Kit market here yesterday.
Read more: Consumers will still buy poultry even if prices go up
Allow online scam victims to sue companies, says NCCC
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PETALING JAYA: Victims of online fraud, including data phishing cases, should be able to take legal action against companies under the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) 2010, according to the National Consumer Complaints Centre (NCCC).
NCCC chief executive officer Indrani Thuraisingham said that during the engagement session on the act’s amendment, the government recommended that authorities be able to act against any party, including financial institutions and telcos, should there be a data breach.
“However, users currently do not have room to take civil action against these industries. So, we hope this can be implemented.
“(The government should) follow the European Union’s excellent General Data Protection Regulation to protect users,” she told FMT.
Read more: Allow online scam victims to sue companies, says NCCC
Cost of Living Ministry prepared for any commodity price fluctuations, cartel risks
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SERDANG: The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry is prepared to act upon the emergence of any cartel attempting to control prices of chickens or eggs.
Acting minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali admitted it was possible there were risks of cartels cropping up following the government's move to consider floating the prices of the two commodities.
However, he pledged the ministry will do all it can to prevent such a thing.
"There are certain goods that we may float (the price). And when certain goods are floated, there is a risk of cartels being formed.
"Cartels can take the form of price agreements, production alliances, market agreements and similarly, in government procurement, this risk is increasing," Armizan told reporters after attending the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Malaysian Competition Commission (MyCC) and Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) here today.
Read more: Cost of Living Ministry prepared for any commodity price fluctuations, cartel risks
Cashless Boleh 3.0 - Lebih 80 peratus sektor awam catat penembusan pembayaran digital
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PUTRAJAYA: Agenda digitalisasi kerajaan melalui Kempen Pembayaran Tanpa Tunai dan Cek Peringkat Nasional Siri Ketiga (Cashless Boleh) yang dimulakan sejak 2020 dengan sokongan Payment Networks Malaysia Sdn Bhd (PayNet) semakin menunjukkan momentum perkembangan yang positif.
Hasil penganjuran edisi ketiganya, kempen Cashless Boleh 3.0 berjaya mencatatkan kadar penembusan pembayaran digital sektor awam secara keseluruhannya pada tahap 81.3 peratus, peningkatan lebih 22 peratus dari 58.8 peratus sejak 2021.
Selain itu, Kerajaan Negeri Selangor dan Pulau Pinang turut melepasi 80 peratus penembusan pembayaran digital, serta lapan kementerian dan agensi awam yang sebelum ini berasaskan transaksi tunai juga mencapai penembusan pembayaran digital penuh.
Mereka adalah Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional (PTPTN); 155 pihak-pihak berkuasa tempatan (PBT) melalui Kementerian Pembangunan Kerajaan Tempatan (KPKT); Kementerian Pelaburan, Perdagangan dan Industri (MITI); Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia (JIM); Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA); Mahkamah Persekutuan Malaysia (MPM); Pertubuhan Keselamatan Sosial (PERKESO); dan Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP).
Read more: Cashless Boleh 3.0 - Lebih 80 peratus sektor awam catat penembusan pembayaran digital
Cake concerned over food price hike following removal of chicken subsidies and price controls
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ALOR STAR: The Consumers Association of Kedah (Cake) has expressed concern on the government's decision to withdraw subsidies and price controls on chicken as it would lead towards a price hike of food, piling more burden on low income earners.
Its president Mohamad Yusrizal Yusoff lamented the move as being too drastic and lacking proper preparation in ensuring stability in the retail price of chicken.
"Consumers are worried that once the retail price of chicken is offloaded, chances are that the price will increase, either abruptly or bit by bit.
"There are risks that some breeders and wholesalers will take advantage on the situation to hike up the price," he told the New Straits Times when contacted.
Yusrizal also questioned the timing of the subsidies and price control removal for chicken.
‘It’ll take time to see impact of floated chicken, egg prices’
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PETALING JAYA: It may take some time to see the impact from the government’s decision to float the prices of chicken and eggs, which is expected to be announced today, says an industry expert.
Federation of Livestock Farmers Associations of Malaysia deputy president Lee Yoon Yeau said any impact could only be seen after a period of time.
“This is because the products involve live animals that may be subjected to many issues such as diseases, weather, quality of feed and farm production,” he said in an interview yesterday.
He said while there had never been a shortage of eggs in Malaysia, the industry was “damaged” for the past three years due to the impact from Covid-19 pandemic.
“With the longest price control period in the history of Malaysia (more than 18 months), many farmers have to cut production due to cash flow issues.
“The egg industry needs a longer recovery period compared to chicken,” said Lee.
Read more: ‘It’ll take time to see impact of floated chicken, egg prices’
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