Govt to test QR code system for subsidised cooking oil
A pilot project under the Rahmah sales programme will require consumers to scan QR codes in order to purchase subsidised cooking oil.
Deputy domestic trade and cost of living minister Fuziah Salleh said the ministry wanted to gauge public response before rolling out the system nationwide.
“We are still assessing whether consumers will accept the mechanism,” she said after the soft launch of the Asean E-Commerce Conference here.
“Once we have enough information, we can expand it to all retail outlets. For now, we don’t have a timeline,” she said.
Fuziah said yesterday that the government was developing an app that would require consumers to scan QR codes to buy cooking oil packets.
She said the app for the Cooking Oil Price Stabilisation Scheme System, development of which is being spearheaded…
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