Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer behind the classic 'Killing Me Softly With His Song' and one of the most recognisable voices of the 1970s, died Monday at age 88.
Expensive commodity: A coconut milk trader Muhamad Izkhwan Syahiman Jaafar packing coconut milk as a board shows the prices in Jalan Datuk Keramat. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star
At Chowrasta Market here, coconut milk vendor Kuthubuddeen Sultan, 69, who has been selling for over four decades, described the current price hike as unprecedented.“After the festival, it started increasing gradually and now, I am selling it at RM16 per kg because I don’t have the heart to charge my customers too much,” he said.
Another coconut milk seller, Mohd Munir Mohd Rashidi, 38, said coconut milk is a crucial ingredient in many traditional Malay dishes such as lemang, curries and rendang.Consumers and food vendors are bracing for further price hikes, raising concerns about affordability during the coming festive period.
Another major coconut supplier in Penang, M. Joel Jeyachandaran, attributed the surge in coconut milk prices to the age of the coconuts.
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