{"id":347,"date":"2019-08-24T01:36:36","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T01:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irdp.tk\/?p=347"},"modified":"2020-09-28T01:38:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T01:38:38","slug":"help-b40-with-price-control-and-higher-wages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irdp.my\/bm\/help-b40-with-price-control-and-higher-wages\/","title":{"rendered":"Help B40 with price control and higher wages"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"347\" class=\"elementor elementor-347\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e64e395 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e64e395\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a7d927\" data-id=\"5a7d927\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c44c12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c44c12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"h.p_hnz6i_AmOQoL\" class=\"zfr3Q\">The list of the 100 basic necessities has not been published by the government.<\/p><p id=\"h.p_smIRE8CyOQoM\" class=\"zfr3Q\">The programme will help farmers and fishermen to market their products without middlemen.<\/p><p id=\"h.p_jUfzOkP8OQoM\" class=\"zfr3Q\">This way, the government can prevent the producers from going out of business due to unprofitable supply.<\/p><p id=\"h.p_aeYrtraDOQoN\" class=\"zfr3Q\">However, the government still needs to help these groups of people by increasing wages in accordance with the cost of living.<\/p><p id=\"h.p_INGkiUZnOQoO\" class=\"zfr3Q\">To sum it up, prices and cost of living are two subjects that are always in motion and unlikely to be fixed.<\/p><p id=\"h.p_glQUoBWaOQoO\" class=\"zfr3Q\">It is a common phenomenon that prices of goods and services fluctuate due to the change in demand and supply.<\/p><p id=\"h.p_5E4j0OHHOQoP\" class=\"zfr3Q\">Therefore, more should be done by the government to help improve the people\u2019s lives.<\/p><p id=\"h.p_pS9FcS8uOQoP\" class=\"zfr3Q\">For a start, the government could push for living wages where the minimum income of workers match the basic cost of living.<\/p><p id=\"h.p_-rfgTvBLL8Oz\" class=\"zfr3Q\"><strong>AISYAH ABDUL HADI<\/strong><\/p><p id=\"h.p_9CzjWBGTL9b6\" class=\"zfr3Q\">Researcher, IRDP<\/p><p id=\"h.p_3Q_5zaT5MDHj\" class=\"zfr3Q\">Also published at:<\/p><ul class=\"n8H08c UVNKR\"><li id=\"h.p_OlbgXOwEMEmi\" class=\"TYR86d zfr3Q\"><a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nst.com.my%2Fopinion%2Fcolumnists%2F2019%2F08%2F515716%2Fhelp-b40-price-control-higher-wages&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNHt6fCfVRhymCQ5hcYSb6s0nPyk2Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.nst.com.my\/opinion\/columnists\/2019\/08\/515716\/help-b40-price-control-higher-wages<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The list of the 100 basic necessities has not been published by the government. The programme will help farmers and fishermen to market their products without middlemen. This way, the government can prevent the producers from going out of business due to unprofitable supply. However, the government still needs to help these groups of people &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/irdp.my\/bm\/help-b40-with-price-control-and-higher-wages\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Help B40 with price control and higher wages<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - 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