Gov't pushes 1Malaysia products into petrol stations

Despite allegations by a antithesis that 1Malaysia products have been aloft labelled as well as of lower quality, a government has beefed up a efforts to pull such products into a motor fuel station sell market, serve melancholy a survival of normal grocery stores.

It is learnt that Petronas Dagangan Berhad, a domestic marketing arm of national oil as well as gas association Petronas, had sent out an internal round to all operators of Kedai Mesra, a preference stores in Petronas motor fuel stations, to representation a idea.

NONEThe confidential round that was sighted by Malaysiakini encourages a operators to attend a special lecture this sunrise hold "in line with a government's aspirations to enhance a distribution of 1Malaysia tag products to motor fuel stations network".

The briefing! by Mydi n Mohamed Holdings Berhad, a operator that markets 1Malaysia products as well as runs Kedai Rakyat 1Malaysia (KR1M), was hold during a headquarters during Subang Jaya.

Enquiries made to a headquarters this sunrise reliable a briefing.

"Business partners (Kedai Mesra operators) have been speedy to attend a briefing, as well as if interested to sell a products in Kedai Mesra, you can register with Mydin," read a round sealed by Firdaus Rozalli, senior manager, commercial operation partner government section, Petronas Dagangan.

NONEAttached with a round was a list of 45 1Malaysia products available for Kedai Mesra together with rice, creamer, ghee, sugar, chili sauce, canned sardines, fruit jams, chocolate malt drinks, detergents as w! ell as d iapers.

The list additionally settled a cost, sell price as well as margin for Kedai Mesra operators for any product.

All a products have been additionally subjected to two percent kingship charge of a sell price for Petronas Dagangan Berhad.

KR1M was mooted by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak in Jun to plunge into a sharpening price of living, as well as introduced 250 1Malaysia products that were claimed to be 40 percent cheaper than other sundries in a market.

'Savings explain an exaggeration'


However, Pakatan Rakyat has argued that a a assets explain was an exaggeration to mislead a people because whilst there were some products that were indeed cheaper in a KR1M shops, they were not as cheap as touted.

The claim was afterwards denied by Domestic Trade, Cooperatives as well as Consumerism Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob, who stressed that a more aged should be apple-to-apple.

He said a claim was politically encouraged to fall short a government's initiative that has been proven to good a people.

Then a antithesis responded with a more towering allegation, claiming that uninformed milk sole during a KR1M were allegedly sinister withE Coli.

They additionally charged that lab tests showed a peculiarity of 1Malaysia products is substandard as well as infringed a Food Act 1983 as well as Food Regulations 1985.

Besides a opposition, KR1M additionally face strong objections from owners of normal various shops, who have been already struggling for survival after a climb of hyp! ermarket s.
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