Saturday, 06 Mar 2021 01:49 PM MYT
Plantation Industries and Commodities deputy minister, Datuk Seri Wee Jeck Seng, said for the rubber sector, the government was providing subsidies so that the price was not lower than the floor (farm-gate) price of RM2.50 per kilogram. Reuters pic
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PONTIAN, March 6 The Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry will seek the best ways to ensure the incomes of industry players such as rubber and oil palm smallholders are not affected amid the current hot season.
Its deputy minister, Datuk Seri Wee Jeck Seng, said this was necessary given that the commodity industry was a major source of income for the country.
Thursday, 07 Jan 2021 08:29 AM MYT
BY DANIAL DZULKIFLY
Hoo said that Umno is keen to push Barisan Nasional (BN) forward as it does not wish to sideline Chinese and Indian support. Bernama pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 7 Perikatan Nasional’s (PN) long-term viability as a political coalition is in tatters as its ally Umno openly rejects cooperating with Bersatu in any shape or form for the upcoming general elections, according to political observers.
In yet another blow to the Malay parties’ tumultuous relationship, an overwhelming majority of Umno divisional leaders declared over the weekend that they shun any further cooperation with Bersatu and instead prefer to strengthen their alliance with PAS under Muafakat Nasional (MN).