SHAH ALAM: There is no ‘silver bullet’ to solve the problem of escalating prices of good, said Selangor Consumer Movement chairman Datuk Dr Jacob George.
He said the only answer was for all quarters to cooperate on this to ensure the people’s standard of living was not drastically affected.
“When prices of essential goods go up, so does the cost of living. However, the people should not be griping about this as there are many ways to reduce daily expenditure.
“When shopping or going to eateries, consumers must be in control. In other words just boycott shops that charge too much or do not follow prices set by the government for controlled items,” he said when asked by Bernama for his comments on the issue (rising prices of goods).
Meanwhile, Azizan Ariffin, the director of the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Office in Selangor, said prices of essential goods were still under control in the state and continuous monitoring was done by his department to prevent profiteering.
In Johor Baharu, checks by Bernama at a wet market in Taman Universiti found there were still traders who did not put up pink price tags for price controlled items like imported cabbages.
When asked, the common refrain was that they ‘forgot’.
However, according a shopper, Nor Azah Aziz, 45, prices of fish like cencaru dropped as the morning wore on. — Bernama