Chicken prices will continue to be subsidised, the government said today, with the new ceiling price for Peninsular Malaysia now set at RM9.40 per kg - an increase of RM0.50.

In a statement, Agriculture and Food Industries Minister Ronald Kiandee said the cabinet also decided in its meeting to set the ceiling price of chicken eggs at RM0.45 per piece for Grade A eggs, RM0.43 for Grade B, and RM0.41 for Grade C - an increase of RM0.02.

The new ceiling prices are effective this July 1...