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Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu during the minister’s reply session on the BPT issue at the Dewan Rakyat - BERNAMA PIX

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Anwar said even though the figure is seen as high, reducing the total subsidy without looking at the needs of the people is not a choice to the government to ensure the people are not burdened especially by the current cost of living. Photo by Bernama

Pope Francis attends an ecumenical prayer with Protestants and Orthodox at St. Peter's square in The Vatican on Sept 30. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)

Agriculture and Food Security Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu in a special press conference today said the interventions include improving the local white rice (BPT) distribution to rural areas and a subsidy of RM950 per metric tonne for imported white rice (BPI) for Sabah and Sarawak. - BERNAMA

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has assured that the government is not sitting idle and, instead, will do everything in its power to ease the burden of the people, who have been affected by the current increase in global rice prices. - BERNAMA

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Ethnic Studies deputy director institute professor Dr Kartini Aboo Talib said a Cabinet reshuffle could be seen as an intervention to strengthen ministries after an evaluation process to identify which ministry needs improvement.

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