新闻报报看 | 农业部长末沙布今天表示，农业及粮食安全部已经开始努力落实在沙巴和砂拉越大规模种植稻米计划，如果西马发生比如水灾的天灾时，还有沙巴和砂拉越的稻田能生产稻米。（主播：梁宝仪、庄文杰）
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00:00 Global climate change has led to a global rice harvest this year.
00:04 Many rice-producing countries, such as India and Pakistan,
00:08 have tightened rice exports.
00:10 The rice price in China has risen sharply,
00:13 and people are starting to buy local white rice.
00:15 But in the long run,
00:17 is China's local white rice really self-sufficient enough?
00:21 Minister of Agriculture Mosha Bu said today
00:24 that the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Safety has begun to work hard
00:27 to implement a large-scale rice planting plan in Sabah and Sarawak.
00:32 If a new flood occurs,
00:35 rice can be produced in the rice fields in Sabah and Sarawak.
00:39 Minister Mosha Bu said that in order to ensure the stability of national rice supply,
00:43 the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Safety has discussed with the Sabah government twice
00:47 to plant rice in the 50,000-acre area of Sabah.
00:51 The authorities have identified the 50,000-acre area
00:54 and determined that those areas are quite suitable for rice planting.
00:57 What is missing now is the rice irrigation system,
01:00 and the whole irrigation system needs to be used to reach hundreds of millions of pounds.
01:05 Although the country's finances are tight,
01:07 the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Safety is facing a crisis related to national rice supply,
01:10 so the government must allocate funds to promote this plan.
01:15 The Minister of Agriculture and Food Safety said
01:19 that he had talked to the Sabah government twice
01:22 and determined that the land has already been plowed.
01:25 As for Sarawak,
01:27 Minister Mosha Bu pointed out that although he has not received any information
01:30 about the expansion of rice planting in Sarawak,
01:34 he believes that the rice fields newly developed in Sarawak
01:37 will definitely be larger than those in Sabah.
01:39 Because the agricultural development of Sarawak is fast,
01:41 the rice fields in the province can produce more than 7 tons per hectare.
01:45 The rice planting potential is very good.
01:48 Minister Mosha Bu also mentioned that in the past,
01:50 the Chinese did not pay much attention to the problem of local rice planting,
01:53 because the price of imported rice was so cheap.
01:56 But now everyone knows that after the price of imported rice has risen,
02:00 they started to pay attention to the planting of local rice.
02:03 If foreign countries do not export rice to our country,
02:05 we will be in trouble.
02:07 So, expanding rice planting in the East Asia and the Asia-Pacific
02:10 is a long-term plan to overcome the shortage of rice in our country.
02:14 In terms of short-term plans, he has already discussed with the Indian Ambassador to the Horses
02:18 to import Indian white rice through government-to-government methods
02:22 to stabilize the price and supply of Indian imported white rice.
02:25 India will respond to our country's requirements next week.
02:29 Yes, white rice is the main food of our people.
02:32 The Ministry of Agriculture is already working to ensure the supply and price stability.
02:36 But now the price of rice in our country has not only risen in local rice,
02:41 but also in almost all other countries.
02:44 Prime Minister and Finance Minister Anwar Junaid has also admitted this.
02:48 Anwar pointed out that the government will do its best
02:51 to help the people deal with the problem of rising prices of current necessities.
02:55 He has already asked the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Life Expenses
02:58 to pay close attention to this matter.
03:01 Prime Minister Anwar said that he clearly admitted that
03:03 the problem of price has risen.
03:05 Some countries have also experienced serious social unrest
03:09 because of the high tax on white rice exports and onion exports.
03:13 So all of these have an impact on the economy and commodity prices.
03:17 But the Prime Minister promised that the government is already working to solve the problem.
03:20 When the Ministry of Finance needs help,
03:23 the Ministry of Finance will pay close attention to the problem.
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