sugar subsidy Archives

10 February 2026

Malaysia

If Sugar Subsidy Abolished, Armizan Wants Savings Channelled To KPDN

KPDN Minister Armizan Mohd Ali says savings from any sugar subsidy abolition should remain with KPDN for cost-of-living programmes, adding that subsidy removal must be gradual to avoid price shocks. KPDN and MOF are reviewing sugar incentives and prices.

6 October 2025

Letter

Budget 2026: RM25 Hourly On-Call Allowance, Raise Public Health Care Registration Fees — MMA

MMA suggests raising public health care registration fees from RM1 to RM5 for primary care and RM5 to RM25 for specialist outpatient care, but to continue exemption for B40. MMA also wants a raise in doctors' on-call allowance to RM25/hour in Budget 2026.

19 September 2024

Letter

Crafting Culturally Relevant Solutions For Malaysia’s Obesity Crisis — Dr Sean Thum & Dr Wong Yen Jun

It is not enough to simply raise the cost of sugary drinks or provide alternatives; public health campaigns must engage with the emotional and symbolic value food holds in society.

1 August 2024

Letter

Sugar Subsidies Undermine MOH’s War On Sugar — Azrul Mohd Khalib

While Galen Centre CEO Azrul Mohd Khalib backs MOH's proposal to raise the SSB tax to 20% of the drink's retail price, he questions the logic in maintaining sugar subsidies. "Malaysia currently has one of the lowest controlled sugar prices in the world."

10 October 2023

Malaysia

Kuala Langat MP Opposes Removing Health Care Subsidies From The ‘Rich’

Kuala Langat MP Dr Ahmad Yunus Hairi disagrees with the prime minister's proposals to remove health care subsidies from the "rich" and to eliminate sugar subsidies. He says the "well-off" sometimes seek public health care because private care is expensive.

2 October 2023

Malaysia

Anwar Moots Removing Health Care Subsidies From The Rich, Scrapping Sugar Subsidy To Cut Diabetes

Anwar Ibrahim suggests removing health care subsidies from the rich to impose higher charges on them in public health care facilities. The PM also wants sugar subsidies scrapped to reduce diabetes cases, saying the savings can fund diabetes treatment.

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If Sugar Subsidy Abolished, Armizan Wants Savings Channelled To KPDN

Budget 2026: RM25 Hourly On-Call Allowance, Raise Public Health Care Registration Fees — MMA

Crafting Culturally Relevant Solutions For Malaysia’s Obesity Crisis — Dr Sean Thum & Dr Wong Yen Jun

Sugar Subsidies Undermine MOH’s War On Sugar — Azrul Mohd Khalib

Kuala Langat MP Opposes Removing Health Care Subsidies From The ‘Rich’

Anwar Moots Removing Health Care Subsidies From The Rich, Scrapping Sugar Subsidy To Cut Diabetes

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Sultan Sharafuddin Wants Total Pig Farming Ban In Selangor

Half Of EPF Members Have Under RM50,000, KWAP Warns Of ‘Optimism Bias’

Critical Manpower Shortage, Unsafe Working Conditions At HTAR Klang — Medical Officer