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KPDNHEP to further improve Food Bank Programme

Jul 31, 2019

The government is continously working to ensure the Food Bank Programme functions smoothly.

The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister says the Ministry plans to further empower the programme by conducting awareness seminars, purchasing new vehicles, and also identifying methods to make surplus food last longer.

"It is using the retort technology, and doing pilot projects, which helps food collected from hotel kitchens like chicken sambal, roasted chicken, and ayam percik, to be stored in a special packaging, so that the food in the packet could be long lasting."

Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail adds that the longer shelf-life will allow them to always be prepared, when they need to distribute food to the needy.

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Balakong rep returns illegally-dumped rubbish

Footage of the Balakong assemblyman returning a truckload of rubbish to a factory has gone viral. 

Wong Siew Ki said the company was caught dumping the rubbish illegally on CCTV, so he returned the favour. 

The factory has also been fined RM1,000 by the Kajang Municipal Council for littering.

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Malaysia to be India's new palm oil supplier

Malaysia is set to replace Indonesia as the top palm oil supplier to India this year, as New Delhi is charging our shipments lower import tax. 

This comes as our Primary Industries Minister is leading a delegation to India today, to strengthen palm oil and rubber trade relations between the two countries.