Article: Ministry launches Fair Price Stores award


New Straits Times
07-08-2003
Ministry launches Fair Price Stores award
Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2*
Section: Nation

KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. - The Fair Price Stores 2003 award was launched today by the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry as part of efforts to turn Malaysia into a premier shopping haven that will attract foreign visitors.

Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said that other efforts such as the three-times-a-year mega sales carnivals and the abolition of sales taxes on leather goods, cameras and apparel, had their limitations.
He was speaking at the launch ceremony at Mid Valley Megamall today.

Fair price certification, he said, encouraged retailers to offer competitive ...

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