(1 Jun 2022)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kuala Lumpur - 1 June 2022
1. Various of butcher cutting up chicken at market
2. Water pipe
3. Raw chickens on the counter
4. Wet market entrance
5. Various of chickens on counter
6. Butcher removing feathers on chicken using blow torch
7. SOUNDBITE (Malay) Ahmad Badley, merchant:
"I see no difference if export or no export ban, the prices are still the same (high)."
8. Signage reading (Malay): "Chicken price"
9. Signage reading (Malay): "Quarter chicken MYR14.50/KG"
10. Signage reading (Malay): "Only 3 chicken per customer"
11. Various of customers at wet market
12. SOUNDBITE (Malay) Nor Diyana Sabein, restaurateur:
"I hope the government does more and thinks about people like us. We do business and chicken prices are up, pity these chicken butchers too, they are affected too, that's all I want to say."
13. Various of live chickens in cages
STORYLINE:
Malaysia on Wednesday imposed a ban on the export of fresh chickens in an effort to deal with shortages and high demand, a move that is already causing distress in neighboring Singapore, which depends on the poultry for its own market and its national dish.
Beginning June 1, Malaysia will ban exports of 3.6 million chickens a month until domestic prices and production stabilize.
The ban has troubled smaller Malaysian poultry farmers who supply to Singapore to help keep their operations afloat.
The government didn't say how long the export ban will last, but officials expect supply and prices to normalize within a month.
In a Kuala Lumpur wet market, traders and customers alike lamented high poultry prices and urged the government to do more.
The move is felt most in Singapore, which sources a third of its poultry from Malaysia.
Almost all the chickens are imported live to Singapore, where they are slaughtered and chilled.
Singapore consumers have been rushing to stock up on fresh chicken ahead of the ban, with local media reporting that shelves in some wet markets and supermarkets have been cleared of poultry.
The Singapore Straits Times said chicken sellers predicted the cost of chilled chicken could rise by up to 30%, sending chicken dish prices soaring.
AP video shot by: Syawalludin Zain
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