KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 — Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad has announced a new sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax as part of the government’s efforts to combat...
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“From this statistic, we see that the SSB has been effective at cutting down sugar consumption among the public,” he was quoted saying. Dzulkefly cited the National Health and Morbidity Survey 2023, which revealed that 15.6 per cent of adults, or nearly 3.6 million people, are diabetic. Kuching to receive first ART hydrogen vehicles by year-end as ‘whole world is paying attention to what we’re doing’, says Sarawak minister
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