Vegetable prices are getting more and more expensive, RM5 is no longer enough to eat economical meals

 According to residents, the price of vegetables in Miri has skyrocketed recently, and ordinary green vegetables cost more than RM10 per serving. As a result, many people temporarily stopped eating local dishes and switched to other dishes.

Citizens said that in the past, the price of vegetables was expensive because of weather problems, such as the rainy or dry season, but now the price of vegetables is so expensive when the weather is good, and if the weather is bad, it will be even more expensive.

Citizens said that hawkers told consumers that because farmers faced various difficulties, such as rising prices of fertilizers and pesticides, and there was no labor for farming, the cost increased.

It is understood that local vegetable farmers, especially large vegetable gardens, rely on foreign workers to work. However, due to the lack of labor due to the inability to introduce foreign workers, local people must work, which increases the cost.

Citizens said that due to the rising prices of all kinds of goods, the prices of general coffee and economic meals have also risen. The price of each coffee shop is different. Cheaper meal for less than RM5.

The public complained that the money was getting smaller, and they could not buy food for two days at a hawker center with RM100. They hoped that the government would pay attention to the factors of rising prices and take more relaxation of policies, including the introduction of foreign workers and the reduction of foreign workers’ head tax, in order to revitalize the domestic economy.