Customers buying chicken at a stall inside the Bukit Mertajam wet market during the conditional MCO period in Bukit Mertajam. — Photos: MUSTAFA AHMAD/The Star
THE price of dressed chicken at the wet market in Bukit Mertajam town on Penang mainland is now RM9.50per kg, an increase of almost 50% as compared to before the movement control order (MCO) was implemented.
Traders are attributing the price increase to suppliers, claiming that the latter were now charging more from a lack of supply.
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