SIBU, Dec. 23 -- In preparation for the Christmas festive season, fourteen items have been placed under a controlled pricing scheme in the Sibu Division.

The Festive Season Maximum Price Scheme (SHMMP) will be in effect for five days, from December 23 to December 27.

The gazetted items include live old chicken, chicken wings, imported bone-in mutton, live pigs (control at farm level only), pork belly, pork (meat and fat), imported round cabbage (from Indonesia and China, excluding Beijing), red carrots from China, tomatoes, green capsicum, red chillies, imported potatoes from China, large red onions, and large yellow onions.

The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) Sibu Office chief Kelyn Bolhassan @ Haliward issued a s...