SIBU: Local Member of Parliament Oscar Ling Chai Yew’s Service Centre which launched its first community subsidy goods event in 2025 at Everwin Supermarket in Swan Square here on Saturday has received overwhelming response from the public.
The service centre has prepared 1,000 subsidised goods packages for Sibu residents in need, whereby each household is only allowed to purchase one package at RM30 after a 32 per cent subsidy (the original price being RM45.90).
According to Ling, the stocks were snapped up within one-and -half hour, citing the good response partly due to the upcoming Chinese New Year (CNY) festive season.
Ling stated that the subsidised items include 10kg of white rice, 10 eggs, rice vermicelli, 1kg of cooking oil, 500g of condensed milk, and biscuits.
“Each household is limited to one package on a first-come, first-served basis until supplies run out. Buyers will also receive a small gift. This subsidy programme is part of the government’s effort to reduce the economic burden on the public.
“We will continue with the subsidy goods event this year for both urban and rural areas on a monthly basis as we have found out that it really benefit a lot of people.” he stated.
Meanwhile, touching on the approaching CNY festive season with supermarkets piling up the soft drinks, he reminded the public the Madani government has been combating against the high intake of sugar that affects the public health.
Advising the public to drink more healthy drinks, he said he has proposed to the government the need to come up with guidelines, regulations for soft drink manufacturing industry to control the sugar level in the content which is presently very high.
“I have just come back from Japan and had found out that the sugar content in the soft drink industry there is very limited.
“Annually, our government needs to spend RM4 billion to help to treat diabetic patients, which is very costly. If we can improve our public health, I think we can reduce our government treatment cost,” Ling further said.
