For cooking oil, the largest 5kg bottle has seen a price increase of up to 60%. “Most restaurants would not dare raise prices now because it would drive away their customers,” he said yesterday. But some restaurant operators admitted relying on subsidised cooking oil and said they would now be hit hard. “The increase for one litre of cooking oil is about 40 sen. It’s not like we use that much of oil to make one roti canai,” he said. “But now with the increase in cooking oil prices, my expenses are going to rise,” she said.

Source: The Star November 01, 2016 23:18 UTC