Chicken ceiling price up by 50 sen to RM9.40 per kg

Chicken prices will continue to be subsidised, the government said today, with the new ceiling price for Peninsular Malaysia now set at RM9.40 per kg - an increase of RM0.50.

In a statement, Agriculture and Food Industries Minister Ronald Kiandee said the cabinet also decided in its meeting to set the ceiling price of chicken eggs at RM0.45 per piece for Grade A eggs, RM0.43 for Grade B, and RM0.41 for Grade C - an increase of RM0.02.

The new ceiling prices are effective this July 1...