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Month: March 2013

Month: March 2013

Reviving the bicycle for health

admin March 7, 2013 0 Comments
The humble bicycle could be a key to our long-term survival — in terms of health, environment and economics. CAP’s research shows that reviving bicycle use here would benefit both the nation and the people. Here’s the evidence for health. A recent Malaysian Shape of the Nation survey showed that Malaysia has the most number of fat people in the Asean region. In fact, the number of fat...
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Bicycle safety tips

admin March 7, 2013 0 Comments
Join the league of the environment-conscious, and save your petrol money, by using pedal power (i.e. bicycle) instead of a four-wheeler. But don't forget to take precautions before you start your journey. First of all, make sure your bicycle is structurally sound and in good condition. Are the brakes working properly? Check too that the reflectors are clean and are not warped, and adequately...
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Murder of zoo animals cruel

admin March 6, 2013 0 Comments
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) views the killing of a Malayan sun bear and an Arabian stallion in Malacca Zoo as malicious and vicious.  Taking the lives of innocent defenseless animals is a vile and dastardly act. This is not the first time revenge  is taken on captive wildlife.  In 2007,  the Langkawi Underwater World lost 600 fish worth thousands of ringgit in a mysterious death believed to...
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Sentence for animal poachers too lenient

admin March 5, 2013 0 Comments
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is enraged and highly perturbed to learn of the light sentences meted out over the country's biggest seizure of illegally trafficked tiger. The court’s ruling concerning wildlife can have wide reaching impacts for the precedent it sets will not  be a deterrent to others as this could lead  to additional killing of other endangered wildlife which the Act is intended...
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