ANWAR Ibrahim said READ : it's going to cost Putrajaya almost RM400 million to subsidise imported rice for the usage of government premises such as military camps, police and school dormitories.
THE RM400 million capital injection equates to a mere five per cent increase of locally produced white rice in the market.
LIKEWISE the ball now is on the agriculture Minister's feet to inform Malaysia, how much is it going to cost the Federal Government to READ : subsidise imported rice in Sabah and Sarawak to the tune of RM950 per tonne.
BASED on 2021 figures ( and I must add my figures may be a bit dodgy here), READ : Sabah needs some 380,000 tonnes of rice from outside the state yearly while READ : Sarawak needs about 145 000 tonnes of rice from outside the state yearly as at 2021.
A rough calculation including the RM400 million, the PM had earlier verified, the government will well be subsidising imported rice to the tune of RM1 billion or more on a yearly basis.
AND to whom this money will the government pay to? It will be to Bernas, the unit fully owned by Syed Mokthar.
SO we now know that the rice importer can briskly add an additional RM1 billion to his Revenue base and what will the local paddy farmers, as of today , can 100 per cent confirm that they will receive from Bernas?
AND that too, this confirmed extra payment from Bernas, had to be literally been forced thier throats on live TV by Anwar Ibrahim.
THE confirmed extra payment paddy farmers will receive from Bernas is READ : The RM10 million, Anwar Ibrahim forced Syed Mokthar to cough out.
THIS RM10 million equates to less than RM300 per farmer. NOW YOU KNOW WHY BERNAS HAS GOT TO GO????
