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Low cost of living? But rakyat continue to suffer, PKR info chief tells PM
Published:  Apr 23, 2017 12:48 PM
Updated: 5:34 AM
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PKR information chief Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh finds no meaning in the finding of a survey cited by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak that the cost of living in Malaysia is the lowest among Asean member countries.

This, argued Syed Ibrahim, is because the rakyat continue to be burdened with sharp increases in prices of goods and services, as well as the removal of various subsidies.

"Despite internationally-accredited surveys, the rakyat can differentiate between the hardship of facing today's cost of living with the times before this," he said...

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