SUGAR, COOKING OIL, FLOUR, RICE AND GAS

Being the basic household goods, the Government has subsidised RM286 million on sugar. (Source: MOF & KPDNKK 2011) The actual price of sugar is RM2.50 per kg but the rakyat pays RM2.30 per kg. This means that the Goverment subsidises 20 cents per kg.

Sugar is obtained after the juice is extracted from the sugar cane by crushing the stems in a series of mills. Cane juice contains about 80 percent of water and 20 percent of sucrose. Most of the water present in the juice must be evaporated before the dissolved sucrose can crystallize. Granulated sugar which also known as 'plantation white sugar'  after the centrifugal process.

The second household item, the Government subsidises is the cooking oil. Instead of paying the actual price of RM4.75, the rakyat pays RM2.50 and this subsidy allow the rakyat to use the RM2.25 per kg for other things. The total subsidy is RM1.63 billion. (Source: MOF & KPDNKK 2011)

Oil is essential to cooking. Watch how the vegetable oil is made.



Without flour, the dining table is incomplete. To make flour affordable, a total subsidy of RM113 million was allocated to make price per kg at RM1.35 instead of the actual price of RM1.90 per kg. 55 cents per kg is subsidised. (Source: MOF & KPDNKK 2011)

The wheat grain comprises of four dermal coats. The coats are the germ, the embryo membrane, the kernel or the endosperm. Gluten is a major elements in the grain. Cooked flour is spongy as in bread which decorated our tables every morning.

Asians like rice. A bag of 10 kg ST15 rice will cost RM24.00 but the rakyat only pays RM18.00 per bag with the Government subsidising RM6.00. This subsidy cost the Government RM656 million. (Source: MOF & KPDNKK 2011)

The principal energy food of billions of people in Asia, rice pulled families and friends around the table.

To keep the warmness of a home daily, gas convert everything raw from the kitchens to simple cuisines on the tables of bilions each day. To this end, a subsidy of RM21.42 is provided on each tong of 14 kg to make gas cheaper at RM26.60 per tong. (Source: MOF & KPDNKK 2011)

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