Malaysia may end sugar subsidy to curb sweet tooth.
AFP
02 December 2009
Malaysia may scrap a costly sugar subsidy in a move to promote a healthy lifestyle and discourage its citizens from indulging their sweet tooth, a minister said Wednesday.
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Source:asiaonenews
Note : Wonder if the intention behind this move was really to promote healthy living to all Malaysians by way of cutting sugar intake. Either that or the Government is really feeling the pinch and needs to do away with this subsidy which really is large chunk of fund that can be channeled elsewhere for other beneficial uses. Or the Government had other reasons and are not telling us.
Granted that sugar if consumed in large quantity over long period may be detrimental to health but a good self-discipline and restrain may be exercise to keep oneself in the pink side of health. I guessed the regular campaign by the authorities to promote healthy living by consuming less sugar had fallen on deaf ears thus had opted for this drastic measure instead.
Anyway, being not a sugar lover this news doesn't affect me much. It's high time we get ourselves out from being a subsidized society. I imagined there will be more cuts coming out from the woodwork soon.
However, I still dread to contemplate the 'fall-out effects' this move will had on other things and how deep I have to dig in my pocket next time for my regular doses of kopi-o.
