Presma to be queried on proposed food price increase

The Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry will ask the Malaysia Muslim Restaurant Operators Association (Presma) to explain its members’ proposed increase of food price by five to 15 percent.

Its minister Hasan Malek said a meeting with Presma would be called soon to find a solution that would benefit all concerned parties.

“I will meet with them... there will be questions to be asked and we will find a solution,” he said after a walkabout at the Kuala Lumpur Urban Transformation Centre (UTC) at Pudu Sentral today.

Presma president Noorul Hassan Saul Hameed had reportedly said that he would be going round the country and brief the association’s 6,000 members on the proposed food price hike.

He said the move which might be implemented this March was apt as Presma members had been bearing fuel and sugar price increases since 2009.

Meanwhile, Hasan said the rumour circulating through the social media that he had quit as minister, did not affect his spirit to serve the people.

Yesterday, his office issued a statement denying the quit claim.

“The trust given to me will be carried out as best as possible and with honesty and sincerity,” he said.

- Bernama