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Year: 2010

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Do not fluoridate our water

CAP is concerned that water fluoridation is to be re-introduced into Sabah's public wat er supply next year as reported in Bernama dated 28 December 2010. Water fluoridation was discontinued in 1989 by the then Sabah State Government which feared that inadequate supervision in the process of adding fluoride to the water could cause adverse effects.  It is reported that the imminent water...
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Cervical Cancer Vaccines: Tell Us the Truth

CAP is totally aghast with the relevant authorities, particularly with the Ministry of Health, for its absolute silence over the raging controversies on the rush to get our young girls vaccinated against cervical cancer. In the first place, there are many areas of concern over the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine which is said to prevent infection against certain species of human...
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Memorandum on Malaysia’s GM Aedes mosquito planned release

CAP and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) are deeply concerned of the impending field release of Genetically Modified (GM) mosquitoes after the National Biosafety Board approved an application from the Institute of Medical Research to release GM male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Following this, we are submitting a memorandum to the Malaysian Government raising our concerns on serious ethical, legal,...
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Agricultural, home and health solutions at CAP Fair

CAP organised a Go Natural Fair on 18-19 December at the Botanical Gardens in Penang. CAP had been frequently accused of being negative and not providing solutions. The Fair is a humble attempt to show that a lot can be done if the public take the initiative into their own hands. The Fair demonstrates various methods used by farmers locally and from India and Indonesia to produce organic produce...
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An open letter from Malaysian NGOs on GM mosquitoes

This is an open letter from organisations in Malaysia concerned by the recent Government approval to release GM mosquitoes for the purpose of a field experiment. Kindly support our cause by highlighting the issue for the welfare of the public  and the conservation of our environment by copying and personally sending this letter to its intended recipients. Sincerely, S M Mohamed Idris President...
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Legal precisions and misconceptions of Indigenous Customary Land Rights

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) would like to express its gravest concern over recent announcements made by the Sarawak State Government on its intention to double plantation areas in the state to two million hectares in the next ten years. Closely linked to this plan is the Sarawak State Government’s self-estimation that there exist some 1.5 million hectares of native customary rights (NCR) land...
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End outsourcing power from IPPs

Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the government to end the outsourcing of electrical energy production to independent power producers (IPPs) as it  has been a drain on the resources of Tenaga Nasional Berhad (Tenaga) and a burden to the consumers. We believe that Tenaga, with decades of experience in energy production unlike the IPPs who had no experience when they entered the...
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Obtain Prior Informed Consent for GM mosquito release

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) are very anxious of the eventual release of the GM Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in Bentong, Pahang and Alor Gajah, Melaka despite objections and concerns raised by NGOs, public and scientists. The National Biosafety Board on 5 October 2010 approved the application submitted by the Institute for Medical Research (IMR) for...
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Put a hold on FTAs with the US and EU

The Malaysian Government last week has been negotiating free trade agreements  (FTAs) with the United States of America (via the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement or TPP) and with the European Union (EU). These negotiations were taking place, simultaneously in Auckland, New Zealand (from Dec 6 to 10) and in Brussels, Belgium (Dec 6 to 9). The Consumers Association of Penang is deeply...
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Senseless arrests reign In Sarawak

Sahabat Alam Malaysia is gravely concerned over the recent arrest, four-day remand and the subsequent charge under Section 307(1) of the Penal Code of an Iban Mr. Liam Rengga from Rumah Kilat in Sungai Senga, Pandan-Sebauh, Bintulu on Nov 23, 2010. We indeed have cause for serious concern over this latest arrest of a Sarawak indigenous community activist, as Section 307(1) carries the very...
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