Yew said any raw poultry exposed to Malaysia’s hot and humid weather increased health risks due to bacterial contamination. — Picture by Ahmad ZamzahuriGEORGE TOWN, Feb 26 — Penang poultry sellers at wet markets have until March 31 to install chillers at their stalls, the state’s Island City Council Mayor Datuk Yew Tung Seang said today.
“As an added encouragement and incentive to sellers to install chillers at their stalls before April 1, MBPP will give subsidies in the form of stall rental or license fee rebates of up to RM1,000,” he said.“We can say that a majority of the poultry sellers, about 64.4 per cent, have agreed to install the chillers,” he said.
As for the poultry distribution centre in Batu Lanchang, Yew said the centre is physically completed and it can start operations in March. “The poultry distribution centre is only an alternative for the sellers to get their supply,” he said.
Should the cost be solely borne by the poultry sellers? The gov. with the supposedly persistent surplus budgets should know when to spend - it's during policy decisions like this.