Menu Rahmah not solution to high cost of living, say economists 


Noel Achariam

Under the Menu Rahmah scheme, meals are priced at RM5 per serving at nearly 15,000 food outlets nationwide. – Facebook pic, February 12, 2023.

THE Menu Rahmah initiative to offer meals for only RM5 at selected food outlets should be a temporary solution and Putrajaya must find other ways to boost the economy and improve wages, economists said.

They said that while it was a good initiative the programme needs to be integrated with other measures to contain the high cost of living especially on food prices and the government should also look into increasing wages. 


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  • I am in a way very disappointed with these so called economist. They must be lacking somewhere to actually believe that this government thinks that the menu Rahmah is the ultimate solution to the economic woes of the country and the B40. This is an immediate initiative to encourage the rakyat to help each other and does not cost the government anything. Its like starting the white flag movement but in a more practical sense because businesses are not losing and still making a marginal profit from this. I think its brilliant to get the rakyat involved and caring for each other. Where were these "economist" when the country was in turmoil during the last few years. These arm chair critics always have something to say for their own image building

    Posted 1 year ago by Brave Malaysian