Pangkalpinang Campaigns Wednesday Without Eating Rice

Regional Secretary of Pangkalpinang City Mie Go when opening a cheap market, in Pangkalpinang, Bangka Belitung, Monday (9/10/2023). ANTARA/HO-Aprionist

PANGKALPINANG - Pangkalpinang City Government (Pemkot), Bangka Belitung Islands is promoting the program on Wednesday without eating rice and flour, to reduce the consumption of people's rice in the city of Beribu, this smile.

"Every Wednesday I don't eat rice, flour, and replaces eating tubers," said Pangkalpinang City Regional Secretary Mie Go when opening a cheap market as reported by ANTARA, Monday, October 9.

This innovation on Wednesday without eating rice and flour, not only as an effort by the Pangkalpinang City Government to reduce rice consumption, but also to control high inflation due to rising food prices.

"This is one of the city government's programs in reducing rice consumption and replacing it with tubers, so that there is a food balance for the people of this area," he also said.

According to Mie Go, this movement is one of the efforts of the city government, so that they gradually return to consuming local food which is often neglected by the community.

"With this movement, of course, it will be able to improve people's consumption patterns, to be of higher quality, healthy and active for activities," he said.

Head of the Pangkalpinang City Food and Agriculture Service, Samri, stated that this movement is also an effort by the city government to reduce imports of food commodities, especially rice and flour.

According to him, Wednesday was chosen to implement this program, because based on the survey, 38 percent of city government activities took place on that day.

"We hope that the community, especially ASN in the city government, sub-districts, sub-districts support and implement this program by not consuming wheat rice every Wednesday," he said.