Vegetables top the list of price increase with an average hike of 18%.<br /><br />Chilies ranked the highest with a rise of between 46% and 88%, according to the Statistics Department of Malaysia which tracked the prices of 100 items in the category of food and essentials for households between June 2018 and July 2019.<br /><br />Commenting on the price increase at a press conference on Saturday, Dr Wong Kok Fye, who is MCA's Government Monitoring Committee master coordinator, said the low income group (with a household monthly income of RM3,000 and below) were the hardest hit.<br /><br />Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/10/05/seeing-red-over-greens-veggies-top-list-of-price-hikes-at-18
