SEREMBAN, Aug 9 (Bernama) — The Negeri Sembilan government has agreed to continue the Keluarga Malaysia Sales Programme (PJKM) on a weekly basis, to help people buy goods and food at a lower price than in the market.
State Health, Environment, Cooperatives and Consumerism Action Committee chairman, S. Veerapan, said that it covers 36 state constituencies in the state.
He said throughout the PJKM, which started on Dec 5, 2021, to July 17 this year, a total of 227,401 people in the state benefited from the programme, and recorded total sales of more than RM3 million.
“We have an allocation from the ministry, amounting to RM80 million, which will be used in 639 state constituencies nationwide with a weekly allocation of RM6,250, a month (RM25,000) and five months (RM125,000).
“This programme will continue to be held throughout this year to help people obtain daily necessities at lower prices than the market price,” he said at the Second Meeting of the Fifth Term of the 14th Negeri Sembilan State Assembly here today.
He said this in his reply to a supplementary question from Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan (BN-Rantau) who wanted to know whether the state government would continue the PJKM on a weekly basis, to help the public deal with the increase in raw material supply prices.
In the meantime, Veerapan, who is also the Repah assemblyman, said that PJKM in the state was conducted in as many as 31 series until July 24, in 139 locations, through two concepts, which are open sites and in collaboration with supermarkets.
According to him, the state’s Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs also always conducts comprehensive monitoring at all business premises to prevent traders from raising the price of goods arbitrarily.
He said this in response to a question from Yap Yew Weng (PH-Mambau), who wanted to know the state government’s plan to address complaints and the problem of rising prices of goods.
Source: BERNAMA News Agency