Ng added that last year, the state government helped nearly 100,000 village homeowners through the assessment tax exemptions at a cost of RM11.551 million.

"Kita kesan ada belasan gerai yang menjual lesen kepada warga asing dan MBSJ telah mengenal pasti pemiliknya untuk tindakan pembatalan lesen perniagaan," katanya selepas Operasi Bersepadu di sini pada Sabtu.

Beliau berkata, sebanyak 6,346 Jualan Agro Madani diadakan sejak April tahun lepas dengan nilai jualan kini mencecah RM113 juta dan memanfaatkan hampir 2.89 juta isi rumah.

The Bukit Gantang Member of Parliament said between Feb 19 and March 1 rice industry players can make adjustments and sell rice in old packaging until all wholesalers' stocks are sold out.

The manufacturing sector attracted RM16.96 billion, with the electronics and electrical (E&E) being the largest sub-sector, followed by fabricated metal products, plastic products, machinery and equipment, and food.