RANAU: The people here are urged to delve into farming their own basic crops like padi and vegetable in view of the rising cost of rice and other food items.
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Sabah Minister of Local Government and Housing cum State Minister of Finance II, Datuk Masidi Manjun, said the price of rice and other goods will go up because the cost of freight transportation soared 200 per cent.
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“Not many ships come to Sabah because there are not many goods that can be exported, because the cost is too high.
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