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Sugary prospect

Yet another panel to look into sugar decontrol? That would be the natural response of many to the Government's latest move to appoint an Expert Committee “to examine issues relating to the sugar sector”. One can understand the cynicism, given the numerous official bodies set up in the past with each one of them virtually making the same set of recommendations: Free mills from ‘levy' obligation and dismantle the monthly ‘release' mechanism to enable them to decide the quantum, timing and the price at which to sell, as in other commodities.

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