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Month: April 2011

Month: April 2011

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Review power purchase pacts first, not raise electricity tariffs

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CAP once again reiterates its call to the Government to review the power purchase agreements (PPAs) with the Independent Power Producers (IPPs) instead of raising electricity tariffs. The premise for the review of the PPAs is a simple one.  IPPs have generated excess profits at the expense of the industry and Malaysian consumers, and they are now being asked to cut those excesses for the overall...
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Pedestrians have rights too

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As you are walking along the pedestrian five-foot-ways, your way is suddenly obstructed forcing you to sidestep onto a busy road, with speeding vehicles. For many, obstructions along these five-foot-ways have become a normal sight and are often ignored. But these very same obstructions could involve you and your family in terrible road accidents. In fact, without you realising it, your right as a...
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When caretakers become abusers

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CAP is disturbed to note the abuse of individuals at the Taman Sinar Harapan home – a government-run shelter - in Kuala Kubu Baru. Just as appalling to learn is that children at the home are apparently fed cough mixture, which causes drowsiness, to keep them in a docile state. It is shocking that abuse of such magnitude can take place in a government centre, where care of the disadvantaged by...
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How to solve massive jams on Penang Bridge

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Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) is extremely disappointed at the negligence which caused the traffic chaos at the Penang Bridge in February this year. The accident which involved a crane tipping over while lifting a demolished retaining wall on the bridge caused a massive traffic jam with thousands of motorists being stranded in their vehicles for up to eight hours. The accident caused one...
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We must be made to feel safe and secure

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Crime has reached an epidemic level in this country with an increase of 13.36%  in 2007. This has caused general fear and insecurity amongst the people. Based on the statistics from the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM), the increase is astounding as it depicts a rise from 209,388 cases in 2006 to 224,298 in 2007 alone. We cannot but be even more concerned and astonished by the breakdown of the...
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CCTVs won’t solve violence problem

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CAP is concerned at the violence that seems to be taking root in our society and manifesting itself in various ugly forms. Transgressions that are perpetrated these days rivet the attention of the nation by their innovation and sheer brutality. It is all the more disturbing when youngsters are involved. These children seem to be getting increasingly vicious – finding new ways to inflict pain on...
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Wasteful pedestrian bridges not useful

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CAP questions the Governments rationale behind its propensity for overhead pedestrian bridges. They are an encumbrance to most pedestrians and not a convenience as is the preferred belief. They are also a deplorable waste of public funds. On Penang island alone there are at least 12 of these overhead bridges. They cost anything between RM750,000.00 (in 2005) to RM1 million or more to build today....
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Do you know how our hospital wastes are disposed?

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CAP is disturbed at the findings in the Auditor General’s Report 2007 on the appalling methods used to dispose of clinical waste at hospitals and clinics. Clinical waste can be described as any waste which consists wholly or partly of human or animal tissue, blood or other bodily fluids and excretions. It can also include drugs or other pharmaceutical products, swabs or dressings, and...
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What is an alcohol company doing in our schools?

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CAP is disturbed to learn that the Guinness Anchor Bhd (GAB) Foundation is providing 6 schools in Ijok and Kuala Selangor with new reading corners under its Supporting Malaysian Indian Learning Education and Sports (SMILES) programme. This is said to be the second project the GAB Foundation is undertaking with 5 of these 6 schools, whereby in 2008, GAB had already contributed school-going...
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Don’t make alcohol so conveniently available

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CAP views with concern the comments by the executive director, Ng Su Onn, that consumers wishing to buy liquor at 7-Eleven outlets may be required to show their identity cards. We do not expect any real enforcement of this ruling when none has been apparent before. The staff manning the counters at these convenience stores are themselves usually quite young and we do not see them implementing...
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