The producer-director has been married to Patimah Ismail for 41 years.
WOW, we really are the “sick old man” of Asean: Malaysia currently has the highest prevalence of diabetes in South-East Asia, according to many reports, local, regional and international.
Is it any wonder that the government began taxing sugary drinks in 2019? It introduced a 40 sen per litre levy on beverages containing more than 5g of sugar per 100ml and fruit juices with 12g of sugar per 100ml. That was when Malaysia became one of 124 countries that implement a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages .
But then, what of all the other sugar-heavy items we love, like our kuih-muih, ice cream, cakes, biscuits, chocolate – the list could go on endlessly, really. The government has had more than one campaign to spread awareness about this, about the “war on sugar”. But how effective are these efforts?
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