1.   Is the base that same old ginger jar or brass cylinder you bought years ago?

2.   Among the supermarkets surveyed, Carrefour hypermarket had the cheapest bawal hitam, ikan cencaru, long beans, old ginger and cooking oil.

3.   The price of long beans, tomatoes and old ginger had however gone up sharply.

4.   While prices of fish still varied at all markets, most other items, such as old ginger and ikan bilis were relatively cheap.