SINGAPORE: Malaysia’s Chicken Ban: S’pore F&B Outlets, Importers and Markets Brace for ‘Traumatic’ Disruption, Price Increases

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The Poultry Merchants’ Association said on Tuesday (May 24) that prices of fresh chicken are set to rise in the coming days as poultry importers rush to slaughter more chicken to freeze the meat and stockpile ahead of Malaysia’s June 1 export ban. The curb is going to affect eateries selling cooked food where chicken is the main dish, stalls at wet markets selling chicken as well as stocks at supermarkets. Mr Ma Chin Chew, secretary for the Poultry Merchants’ Association, said that as importers look to increase their chicken meat stockpiles, the price of live chicken for slaughter will go up with increased demand. Malaysia announced on May 23 that it will be halting exports from June 1 until the prices and supply of chicken stabilize in the country. Malaysia’s agriculture and food industries minister Ronald Kiandee said that this move may last indefinitely. The country currently exports 3.6 million chickens a month. Singapore got about a third (34 per cent) of its poultry last year from Malaysia, and almost all of these imports from Malaysia were live chickens, which were then slaughtered and chilled here, SFA said in a Facebook post. Importers told TODAY that they are ramping up their chicken meat production after the news and looking to increase their frozen chicken stockpile. Read more at: https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/malaysia-chicken-ban-fb-importers-markets-disruption-price-increases-1906546

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Indonesia urgently needs to revisit the possibility of repatriating the neediest of its young citizens stranded abroad, whose families had earlier joined ISIS. Most of these children are in camps in northern Syria but there are also small numbers in the Philippines, Afghanistan and Iraq. “Extricating Indonesian Children from ISIS Influence Abroad”, the latest report from the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) argues that the government could begin by bringing back small groups of unaccompanied children under ten years of age, who pose minimal security risk and are most vulnerable to deteriorating conditions in the camps.“The problem is that health and security conditions are worsening by the day in the Syrian camps, and the children are growing older,” says Dyah Kartika, IPAC analyst. “They need access to schools, a nurturing environment, and medical attention. If the government waits too long, the children will be further exposed to ISIS ideology.” The new report examines a 2019 list of Indonesians in camps and prisons run by the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The Indonesian government has been trying to verify their citizenship, but with pseudonyms, misspellings and bad transliterations, it is a daunting task. At the time the data was collected, between March and June 2019, there were 555 Indonesians in SDF camps and prisons, including 367 children. Among the children, approximately 277 were under the age of ten and 34 were unaccompanied. In June 2021, there are fewer than ten children who are both unaccompanied and under the age of ten that could be prioritized for return. Bringing back children of ISIS families is no easy task. The report analyses the main challenges faced by the Indonesian government. These include definitional issues, bureaucratic competition, the difficulty of verifying nationality, evaluating the toll of exposure to conflict, assessing security risk, and finding relatives or others willing to provide care once the children are returned. In addition, COVID has meant stringent restrictions on travel, placing further obstacles in the way of repatriation. There are several models for rehabilitation of children exposed to violent extremism in Indonesia that could be modified to accommodate the needs of children repatriated from abroad. The report examines these models and argues that the government does not need to have every detail of rehabilitation programs in place before it starts extricating children from ISIS influence. It can start by bringing back the most vulnerable children and then modify programs as needed.

“It’s important that the government see these children as victims” says Dyah. “They deserve a chance to be children again.”

SINGAPORE: Malaysia’s Chicken Ban: S’pore F&B Outlets, Importers and Markets Brace for ‘Traumatic’ Disruption, Price Increases

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