IPOH: The Sultan of Perak has urged the government to come up with strategic plans to address the rising cost of foodstuff, adding that food security is becoming an increasing burden for the people. Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah said this should be a red flag for the government to devise immediate measures.
“These measures must give priority to the crucial role and critical needs of the agricultural sector,” he said, adding that food security was becoming a challenge for any government.
“More so, production methods were not modernised to produce higher yields,” he said, adding that Malaysia imported some RM50bil worth of foodstuff last year. Development, said Sultan Nazrin, was also not a licence to destroy the environment, pointing to reports of uncontrolled and illegal development in the Kinta Highlands bordering Cameron Highlands in Pahang and Lojing, Kelantan, that had harmed nature.
“All plastic recycling factories are to undergo the EIA while illegal factories are to be closed down immediately,” said Sultan Nazrin, urging government departments, agencies, schools, houses of worship and non-governmental groups to play their part in implementing zero plastic campaigns.
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