The menteri besar, Amirudin Shari, said sales under the programme will be implemented by the Selangor Agricultural Development Corporation at the Selangor wholesale market and Wisma PKPS here.
The price of a carton of eggs will be reduced to RM11.70 from RM12.40, with the costs to be borne by PKPS through a RM1 million fund.
“The programme is in line with the domestic trade and consumer affairs ministry’s efforts to reduce the price of chicken,” he told reporters at Wisma PKPS here today.
Last Monday, the government announced that the maximum retail price for standard chicken was reduced to RM8.90 from the fixed ceiling price of RM9.10.
Amirudin said for a start, the state government had allocated 50,000 chickens to be sold during the programme.
“We will limit the number of purchases to two whole chickens per person, we don’t want buyers to take advantage of the situation.
“Currently we have chicken farms that can produce 540,000 chickens per cycle, with each cycle being about three months. So each month we will have over 150,000 chickens,” he said.
To address the shortage of eggs in several localities, Amirudin said the state government would be dealing with the largest egg producer QL Resources Bhd, to ensure adequate supply in Selangor.
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