Opposition lawmakers stage walkout amid dissatisfaction with Dewan Rakyat Speaker's explanation

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — Subsidiaries of the National Farmers’ Organisation (Nafas) will be restructured through a merger process to enhance operational efficiency and reduce costs, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul acted in accordance with Constitutional and legal interpretations when deciding that six former Bersatu MPs would retain their seats.

PUTRAJAYA, April 17 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim chaired the Unity Government Secretariat’s top leadership meeting today at the Seri Perdana Complex to discuss the distribution of allocations for Opposition representatives.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 — The restriction on the export of live commercial broilers will be eased in phases starting tomorrow (Oct 11), said Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries Datuk Seri Ronald Kiandee.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 9 — The subsidies for chicken breeders and chicken egg producers have been extended from October until December this year, at a rate of RM0.80 per kg for chickens and RM0.08 per egg, said Datuk Seri Ronald Kiandee.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 — The government has spent more than RM1.53 billion to help paddy farmers in the country including the input and output subsidies, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 28 — The government has agreed to continue with the ceiling price for standard chicken at RM9.40 per kg, said Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi.

SERDANG, Aug 15 — The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industries (Mafi) will keep the Malaysian Agro Exposition Park (Maeps) open year-round as a permanent site for agro-tourism exhibitions.

SERDANG, Aug 13 — Agriculture industry players were told told to stop manufacturing, distributing and selling and using carbofuran and chlorpyrifos pesticides following the ban on their use in the agriculture sector effective May 1 next year.

SERDANG, Aug 12 — The government has agreed to allow the hiring of additional foreign workers for the bird's nest industry, specifically to clean raw swiftlet nests, in order to overcome the labour shortage facing the industry.

KUALA LUMPUR, August 4 — The ban on the export of commercial broilers that is still in effect is temporary, that is until the price and production of chickens fully stabilise, said Agriculture and Food Industries Minister Datuk Seri Ronald Kiandee.

PUTRAJAYA, July 29 — The government will review the standard chicken retail ceiling price as well as the approval to export chicken after the implementation of the RM9.40 per kilogramme ceiling price in Peninsular Malaysia ends on August 31, said Agriculture and Food Industry Minister Datuk Seri Ronald Kiandee.

SERDANG, July 23 — Preparation for the Malaysian Agriculture, Horticulture and Agro-tourism Exhibition (Maha) 2022 to be held at the Malaysian Agricultural Expo Park (Maeps), here, is now 90 per cent ready, said Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry (Mafi) Datuk Seri Dr Ronald Kiandee.

SEPANG, July 14 — Whole chicken imports rose by 80 per cent in June to 471 metric tonnes compared to 258 metric tonnes in May, following the abolishment of the approved permits (AP) and the suspension of permit fees that began last month (June).

PUTRAJAYA, June 29 — The Cabinet today decided to continue providing subsidies for chicken and not to float its price, capping the retail price of standard chicken at RM9.40 per kilogramme in Peninsular Malaysia effective July 1.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 27 — The technical committee to tackle food security issues that convened today has considered the proposal to set a new ceiling price for chicken as well as the subsidy rate for poultry farmers.

ALOR SETAR, June 21 — The poultry industry is now in the process of returning production capacity to the maximum level to ensure the country does not face the lack of poultry supply as before.

PUTRAJAYA, June 9 — The Cabinet, in a meeting yesterday, agreed on the implementation of several short-term measures, including setting up a stockpile of chicken, to address issues of food supply shortage and price hikes.

SERDANG, June 9 — The 2022 Malaysia Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism Show (Maha 2022) will be held as a hybrid event, enabling visitors to tour it virtually, join webinars and a business matching programme.