The government is taking heightened measures to control living costs given the higher food inflation rate, says Deputy Finance Minister Lim Hui Ying.<br /><br />She said the average food inflation rate is at 2.1%, higher than the overall inflation rate which was at 1.1% as of June.<br /><br />Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2jc4v22f<br /><br />WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news<br />SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar<br />LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline
