KUALA LUMPUR: The public can now check and compare the prices of consumer products sold at 1,255 retail outlets nationwide by clicking on the 1Malaysia Pengguna Bijak (1MPB) portal.
Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerism Minister DS Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the price of consumer products in the portal would be updated daily by 1,200 price-watch officers from the ministry to ensure that all participating outlets would sell their products at reasonable prices.
He said the price list comprised 355 consumer products sold at 110 hypermarkets, 100 products at 404 supermarkets, 50 products at 360 wet markets and 100 products at 24-hour convenience stores.
"For hypermarkets, they will personally key-in the data concerning all changes in their price lists, but for other outlets, the price-watch officers will do that," he told reporters after launching the portal here Tuesday.
Developed at a cost of RM1.4mil, the portal, apart from providing the price list for comparison, is also a platform for consumers to discuss consumerism issues interactively.
Ismail Sabri said the consumers could also file a complaint to the Malaysian Consumer Claims Tribunal through a link provided in the portal.
In his speech earlier, the minister said the introduction of the portal was in line with the current communication and information exploration trend. "There is an increase in the number of Internet users in Malaysia, that is from 15.8 million users in 2009 to 16.5 million users in 2010. The number will continue to rise to 17.5 million by 2015," he said.
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