00:00 Yesterday, the MMKN called for the relevant parties, the Paddy and Rice Regulatory Authority of Selangor.
00:10 And we got the usage or the amount of rice used in a month in Selangor is around 45,000.
00:17 That's a year.
00:18 A year.
00:19 A year, sorry.
00:21 A year is 45,000 tonnes of rice used.
00:27 And actually, at this stage, until this month, 19th of September,
00:32 we have a balance of around half of the usual usage.
00:36 Which means, what we have today is actually enough until the 12th of September.
00:41 And the guarantee that was given by the Rice Regulatory Authority also mentioned that
00:45 at the end of September, we will get additional supplies.
00:51 These are the stocks that are available without touching the balance stocks that we have
00:58 stored in Selangor and also by the Malaysian government.
01:01 I actually told the people not to buy in panic.
01:05 On the contrary, if there is a shortage of supplies, I have mentioned the phone numbers, including WhatsApp.
01:10 Please inform us.
01:11 We will send it to the affected locations, especially.
01:15 And to avoid a shortage of supplies, there may be a purchase, some people are still confused and so on.
01:22 So, the 20 tonnes can be used for less than 6 months?
01:25 Actually, we can go within 6 months with the stock.
01:29 Actually, we use 45,000 tonnes a year for the state of Selangor.
01:37 Last year, our rice output was more than 70,000 tonnes in Sencang.
01:42 More than 70,000 tonnes.
01:43 And actually, if we maximize it as best as possible, or in the best condition, we have
01:49 issued more than 139,000 tonnes.
01:52 Meaning, 100,000 tonnes more rice yield.
01:57 As far as the rice output is concerned, there are certain factors, such as climate change,
02:02 the use of rice and also the use of land, which gives a slight effect to the output.
02:08 That will give us a little bit of a boost in the budget or in the expenditure,
02:13 in order to ensure that our rice yield is always better and higher than what we achieved a few years ago.
02:22 Okay?
02:23 Thank you.
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