Thursday, May 28th, 2009 07:06:00

The Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry may stop hypermarkets in the country from selling Super Tempatan 15 (ST15) rice as a means of stabilising the price and overcome the rice  shortage.

Its minister Datuk Noh Omar said this was among the proposals made during a meeting with Bernas, bumiputera and non-bumiputera millers and wholesalers.

Incidence of Type 1 diabetes in children aged under five in Europe is set to double by 2020 over 2005 levels while cases among the under-15s will rise by 70 percent, according to a study.

Instead, "modern lifestyle habits" are the likely culprits, it says.

Diabetes, a potentially lethal condition, affects 246 million people worldwide and is expected to affect some 380 million by 2025, according to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) website.

Pauline Almeida
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 07:14:00

A SUBSIDY of RM180 million has been given out but the rice is in short supply.

A Malay Mail probe has revealed that rice millers have reneged on their word to ensure a steady supply of Super Tempatan (ST15) broken rice despite having been paid the huge subsidy last September.

Monday, May 25th, 2009 14:31:00

AS frustrations mount over the non-availability of broken rice, retailers are having to face the wrath of disgruntled customers. A shopowner, who only wished to be known as Samy, claimed that he has had to explain that they were only getting 10 to 15 bags of broken rice each time.

“And the stock only gets delivered every two or three weeks. The SST15 rice packs are sold within two or three days, and while waiting for new stock to arrive, we have to bear the brunt of angry consumers.”