NEGRI Sembilan recorded a 2.3% rise in inflation for the January-September 2021 period compared to negative 1.5% in the previous year’s corresponding period.

Menteri Besar Aminuddin Harun said the jump was due to a double-digit growth of 11.8% in the transport sector after the government set the RON95 petrol ceiling price to RM2.05 per litre earlier this year, which was still high compared to the average price of RM1.68 in September 2020.

“The housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels index was up 1.8%, and food and non-alcoholic beverages index up 1.3%.

“The latter was driven by the rise in chicken prices in Negri Sembilan last September, selling at an average price of RM8.87/kg versus RM7.90/kg in August 2021,” he told the state assembly in Seremban today in response to a question from Abdul Rahman Mohd Redza (Linggi-BN).

On a separate matter, Aminuddin (Sikamat-PH) said based on records from the Negri Sembilan Islamic Religious Affairs Department (JHEAINS) and the state’s Shariah Court, there were 1,064 Muslim divorces as of September this year compared to 2,563 in 2020 and 3,177 in 2019. – Bernama, December 1, 2021.