Johor temporarily halts fish, prawn, chicken export to Singapore

Johor has temporarily halted the export of five types of fish, large prawns and chicken to Singapore, effective Jan 1 till Feb 28.

State Agriculture and Agro-based Industry exco chairman Ismail Mohamed said the move was to ensure sufficient supply of the food items for local consumption during Chinese New Year.

"These fishes which are usually of high demand, are the 'kembong', 'cencaru', 'selayang', 'bawal putih' and 'tenggiri'.

"We have also stocked up 300 percent of the demand for frozen chicken, aside from 302 metric tonnes of meat to ensure adequate supply throughout the celebration," he told reporters after a Islamic religious programme here today.