Government says no more hypermarkets. (Global Report on Asia).(Malaysia)(Brief...
Malaysia -- Malaysia's trade minister announced on April 10 that the country is enacting a temporary freeze on applications to open new hypermarkets, Reuters reported. The decision was made to protect smaller retailers.
The official Bernama news agency quoted domestic trade and consumer affairs minister Muhyiddin Yassin as saying that the freeze was effective immediately.
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