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[...] On Saturday, Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Minister Datuk Mustapa Mohamed said with the new price, the Government would bear an additional subsidy of about RM197mil annually.
Nga, who is also state education, local government, housing and public transport committee chairman, claimed that the market price for fish had gone up by 30% since the strike.
“I call on the Federal Government to reduce the price immediately before further damage is done,” he said in a statement yesterday.
Of the 4,000 vessels in Perak, about 2,500 use diesel.
Boats of about 40 tonnes and above use between 6,000 litres and 8,000 litres of petrol for a week-long trip. [read more]
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