Proposal to raise spending for school food programme

CYBERJAYA: Only 61% of schools checked by the Health Ministry since January have complied with the specifications prescribed under the government’s Supplementary Food Programme (RMT), said Khairy Jamaluddin.

“If you ask me as the Health Minister, the RM2.50 and RM3 spending (per serving per child) for Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan, respectively, is insufficient to foot expenditure for raw goods under the menu that we (Health Ministry) have prepared,” he said after launching Hematogenix Malaysia, Asia-Pacific’s first central clinical oncology research laboratory yesterday.