2010 – Page 4 – Consumers Association Penang

Watch out for tyre safety

admin September 6, 2010 0 Comments

Did we ever stop to think that your vehicle's tyres may have been a major cause of accidents? Most Malaysian motorists do not seem to be aware about the dangers of driving with faulty tyres or tyres that are not properly maintained. One of the important factors of tyre maintenance is proper inflation. In this regard, air kiosks at petrol stations are not calibrated, which means that pumping up...

Don’t approve field release of genetically engineered Aedes mosquitoes

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The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) call upon the Director General of Biosafety to reject the application for the field release of genetically engineered (GE) mosquitoes and all related experiments. We in Malaysia are being subjected to an experiment which could bring adverse effects to public health and the environment. The National Biosafety Board is...

Right move to use the ringgit in international business

admin August 28, 2010 0 Comments

CAP applauds Bank Negara’s decision to relax the foreign exchange administration rules, to enable the ringgit to be used as a currency in international trade. The decision makes good economic sense. Had the decision been made earlier it could have saved local business millions of ringgit. CAP had in fact brought up this matter with Bank Negara and the Ministry of Finance in January 2008....

Don’t mull over tougher measures on fireworks – jail the culprits!

admin August 26, 2010 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang congratulates the Customs and Excise Department and the Police for the intensive nationwide crackdown on the smuggling and sale of fireworks and firecrackers. This clearly shows that if enforcement is beefed up, smuggling of such contraband can be curbed. In a media report today, the Customs Department intelligence Director, Datuk Ismail Ibrahim was quoted...

Revoke unnecessary and potentially dangerous cervical cancer vaccine programme!

admin August 18, 2010 0 Comments

The Consumer’s Association of Penang has repeatedly objected to the proposal and decision by the Ministry of Health (MOH) to vaccinate all 13-year-old girls in the country from the Human papillomavirus (HPV) virus, a sexually transmitted virus on the grounds that it is unnecessary, unscientific and unsafe. Despite numerous valid objections by many quarters, RM150mil is to be spent annually by...

Water conservation initiative in Penang

admin August 13, 2010 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) lauds the Penang Water Supply Corporation Sdn Bhd’s (PBAPP) Aquasave programme to promote water conservation in the state. This water conservation effort has been long due. PBAPP has stated that Penangites are high water users, consuming 286 litres of water per person daily, compared with the national recommendation of 220 litres and United...

Issue 40-3 July-Aug 2010

admin August 1, 2010 0 Comments

U N C O M M O N E X P O S E S , V I E W S & W I S D O M Bimonthly Paper of Consumers Association of Penang We have stories which you will not find in other papers -- hard-hitting stuff with no holds barred, for we name the brands, companies or people in our exposes, unlike the commercial papers which are dependent on companies for their advertisements or are owned by...

Resolve widening income disparity gap now

admin July 22, 2010 0 Comments

The difference between what the rich and the poor earn (the income disparity gap) remains wide and needs the government’s urgent attention. In a fair and just society, economic growth should benefit everyone. Unfortunately this is not happening in Malaysia in spite of years of economic growth. We have now an aristocracy of wealth where a small group of Malaysians are very rich (22...

How hire-purchase amendments protect consumers

admin July 20, 2010 0 Comments

The Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumer Affairs should continue to protect consumers by strictly enforcing the Hire-Purchase Act 1967 (HPA) and the recent amendments which came into effect on 15 June 2011. Those in the motor business are complaining that their sales are down by 20-30% and they attribute it to the amendments though they also acknowledge that the amendments do...

Stop the pollution of Sungai Pinang

admin July 14, 2010 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) urges the Municipal Council of Penang Island (MPPP) to take immediate action to stop the continued pollution of Sungai Pinang. CAP is upset that until now no concrete action has been taken to curb the persisting pollution which has been plaguing the river for more than 20 years. Among other polluting activities along the river, the dumping of waste...

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