HULU TERENGGANU – The people do not need to panic-buy goods, despite reports claiming that the number of Covid-19 transmissions in Malaysia is expected to be more serious next year.
Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) Deputy Minister Datuk Rosol Wahid said KPDNHEP gave its assurance that the supply of essential goods would be sufficient while the country grapples with the pandemic.
“Every day, KPDNHEP officers will report to me about the availability of goods in the market along with their prices. So we do monitor what items are less or which items go up in price,” he said after visiting the Kampung Pela Fertigation Farming Centre here, today.
“We have experienced panic buying during the MCO (movement control order) in March. Nevertheless, the people did not appear to panic during the implementation of CMCO (conditional movement control order) and the EMCO (enhanced movement control order).
Rosol said since Malaysia is expected to get the Covid-19 vaccine next year, he hopes the spread of the disease will not become more serious.
It was reported that an epidemiologist and Chinese government medical adviser, Zhong Nanshan, said the number of Covid-19 transmission cases in Malaysia was expected to be more serious next year, and that the country was expected to record 187,997 cases of the virus by the end of January.
Meanwhile, Rosol, who is also the Hulu Terengganu Member of Parliament, approved an allocation of about RM30,000 to repair the piping system at the Kampung Pela Fertigation Farming Centre, which used hill water resources.
He said the 5ha clustered fertigation crop centre has 20 participants who grow various crops including cucumbers and chillies. – Bernama, December 13, 2020
