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Month: March 2013

Month: March 2013

Unacceptable increase in the cost of using cheques

admin March 27, 2013 0 Comments
Bank Negara’s proposal to increase the cost of using cheques from 15 sen to 65 sen beginning April 2014, is unwarranted and should be withdrawn. Though Bank Negara wants to encourage consumers to move to using electronic payment, it is premature to do so as online transactions too have their limits. Firstly, there is the question of safety and reliability. Is it safe to transfer large sums of...
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Open reply to Penang Chief Minister’s open letter to CAP on the RM6.3 billion mega project

admin March 26, 2013 0 Comments
Dear Yang Amat Berhormat, I wish to thank you for the personal invitation, extended in your openletter, to a meeting to discuss CAP’s and SAM’s concerns over the RM6.3 billion mega-project to build a 7 km undersea tunnel and 3 highways. I regret I cannot accept the publicised personal invitation because, in our culture, we do not invite people to meetings by open letters. In any case, a...
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Abort tunnel vision

admin March 18, 2013 0 Comments
CAP would like to reiterate most emphatically its opposition to the latest mega-project  proposed by the Penang state government to resolve the state’s traffic problem. The project comprises a 6.5km undersea tunnel from Gurney Drive to Bagan Ajam in Butterworth,  a 4.2km Pesiaran Gurney-Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway bypass, a 4.6km Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway-Bandar Baru Air Itam bypass,...
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Penan villages in Sungai Patah, Baram, facing a double threat from logging and the proposed construction of Baram Dam

admin March 13, 2013 0 Comments
SAM (Sahabat Alam Malaysia) has been informed by Penan villagers in Sungai Patah, Baram that their native customary land is now confronted by a double threat simultaneously. The first threat comes from the attempt of a logging company to encroach into their communal forest reserve which has been successfully protected since the people’s last blockade in the area in 2008-2009. The proposed...
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Malaysia needs to implement plain cigarette packaging before year end

admin March 11, 2013 0 Comments
Since December 2012, Australia became the first country in the world since the last quarter of 2012 to require all tobacco products to be sold in plain packages without any form of branding such as colours, images, corporate logos and trademarks. Though it was first proposed in New Zealand in 1989 and later in several countries, there was a serious hesitation towards plain cigarette packaging...
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What’s wrong with the TPPA?

admin March 9, 2013 0 Comments
While ostensibly it is about trade, the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) goes far beyond the trade of goods and services. It will affect the health, social, economic, political, civic, educational and cultural future of Malaysia’s 28 million people. Malaysia is currently negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) with the US and nine other countries to open up the...
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No to destruction of mangrove forests

admin March 9, 2013 0 Comments
CAP urges the Penang state government and Forestry Department to investigate the felling of mangrove trees in Kuala Jalan Baru, Balik Pulau. Stringent action should be taken immediately on those responsible in committing this atrocity. CAP’s investigation found that the mangrove forest destruction has resulted in degradation of the coastal environment, threatening marine life and the source of...
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How Government can promote cycling

admin March 7, 2013 0 Comments
To promote cycling and encourage more people to commute by bicycle, the Government can implement policies that benefit cyclists. The following are some steps that have already been taken in other countries to promote bicycle-friendliness and cyclist safety, which the Malaysian government can also adopt: Officially Promote Bicycle Use -- CHANGE the current mindset that makes the car the priority....
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13 health benefits from cycling

admin March 7, 2013 0 Comments
Cycling is good for health. For one, it reduces death risks. In Denmark, a 15-year study associates cycling with a 40% reduction in mortality for both sexes over all ages (Archives of Internal Medicine, 2000). Basically, a person who cycles as a commuter consistently can expect, according to a report released in a 1986 issue of the American Journal of Public Health, to live longer than those who...
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Reviving the bicycle for transport

admin March 7, 2013 0 Comments
Malaysia is getting more urbanised and motorised today. Our towns and cities are now planned with the needs of cars in mind instead of people’s needs — easily half of the space in our cities is now used for cars. This leads to urban sprawl, which causes even more noise and air pollution that lowers our quality of life. Such senseless mobility that involves not only high costs, but also speed...
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