Emulate Bernas, share profits with rubber tappers, Top Glove urged

PARLIAMENT | Rubber glove manufacturer Top Glove has been urged to emulate Padibernas Nasional Bhd (Bernas) in sharing profits with rubber tappers, similar to what the latter has agreed to contribute to rice farmers.

Speaking in the Dewan Rakyat today, Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man (PN - Kubang Kerian) said Top Glove, which has raked millions of ringgit in profit by supplying gloves worldwide during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, must offer a helping hand to rubber tappers to alleviate their woes.

“Rubber tappers face various hardships...