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Reuters
Reuters
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Chen Lin and Mei Mei Chu

Singapore's de-facto national dish in the crossfire as Malaysia bans chicken exports

FILE PHOTO: A worker carries chickens at a poultry farm in Sepang, Selangor, May 27, 2022. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain

Singapore is bracing for a shortage of its de-facto national dish, chicken rice, as major supplier Malaysia halts all chicken exports from Wednesday.

Restaurants and street stalls in the city-state are faced with hiking prices of the staple food or shutting down altogether as their supplies dwindle from neighbouring Malaysia, where production has been disrupted by a global feed shortage.

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