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Month: August 2013

Month: August 2013

Bukit Relau scarred, justice not served

admin August 29, 2013 0 Comments
The scarred hill of Bukit Relau serves as a reminder to Penangites on how a developer can escape by paying a puny fine of RM30,000 despite causing environmental destruction. Sahabat Alam Malaysia had pursued the matter with the Public Prosecutor and the Penang Island Municipal Council (MPPP) suggesting that the company, General Accomplishment Sdn. Bhd., should have been charged under Section 19...
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Incineration: False solution proposed by the Malaysian government

admin August 28, 2013 0 Comments
We read with apprehension the solutions proposed by the Malaysian government to manage the increasing volume of solid waste in the country. The government has proposed building of three large-scale incinerators with the capacity of 1,000 tonnes of waste per day in Taman Beringin, Kuala Lumpur; Bukit Payung, Johor; and Sungai Udang, Malacca. It was reported that Malaysians produced 33,000 tonnes...
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Promote Cycling as a Public Health Policy: Make Cycling Safe and Convenient to Create Healthy Malaysians

admin August 27, 2013 0 Comments
Cycling and walking should be introduced as a central feature in our public health policy. The benefits can be enormous for the better health of Malaysians and these activities can save the country billions of ringgit in health and productivity costs. Yes, cycling is becoming popular among Malaysians for recreational purposes. It is time for the Government to tap on this popularity and make...
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Protecting our children from unhealthy food advertising: Needs more than a pledge

admin August 26, 2013 0 Comments
Reality bites – Malaysia is the fattest country in Southeast Asia and ranked number six in the whole of Asia. The Consumers’ Association of Penang will support good measures proposed by the Government to curb the obesity epidemic. But good measures should be legally binding and enforceable, not based on pledges or promises which can be broken with no punitive measures. Through the...
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Was the Genting crash really fated to happen?

admin August 23, 2013 0 Comments
The Genting bus crash is undoubtedly the worst bus tragedy so far with no less than 37 deaths. Was it really fated to happen? CAP believes that it was not something fated to happen, which is an act of God, but something waiting to happen due to human negligence in all sectors. Despite the many contradictions in media reports it is clear that the bus was in bad shape even before the journey.  The...
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Power plant tenders: Consumers come first

admin August 15, 2013 0 Comments
Lately there has been a lot of discussion in the media about the role of Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) in the bid for power plant projects. Penjana Bebas an association of independent power producers (IPPs) wants TNB to be excluded from future bidding process because it claims TNB has an unfair advantage over IPPs.  TNB on the other hand has asserted that  it won the tenders fair and square. For...
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Malaysia should not agree to TPPA based on ‘Red Lines.’

admin August 14, 2013 0 Comments
The Malaysian Government must not sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement given  the ‘Red Lines’ issued by civil society groups are not accepted by the other TPPA countries. Civil society groups, including CAP and Sahabat Alam Malaysia and other environmental, social, health and labour organisations had issued a set of ‘Red lines’ in response to a call by the Ministry of...
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Response to Minister Idris Jala on TPP

admin August 12, 2013 0 Comments
Minister Idris Jala writing about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in the business section of The Star newspaper on 5 August 2013, (titled ‘A fair trade agreement among Pacific rim economies can be enormously beneficial’) noted that ‘it is highly unlikely that we are going to be squeezed by any one party.’ It is true that there are 12 countries negotiating the TPP; however one of them...
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STOP the “sandiwara” behind the “Botak” Relau Hill saga

admin August 6, 2013 0 Comments
On 11 July 2013, General Accomplishment Sdn. Bhd., the company that was charged with illegal hill clearing and earthworks in Bukit Relau, Penang was fined RM30,000.  The judge gave an impassioned speech about the need to send a strong message against illegal hill clearing and destruction of the environment but the fine imposed by him does not send such a message. The company was charged under...
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Another Permanent Reserved Forest (PRF) excised!

admin August 2, 2013 0 Comments
SAM is concerned that more PRFs in Perak will be excised Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is extremely sad that another Permanent Reserved Forest (PRF) in Perak i.e. Bikam Reserve Forest (HS Bikam) located in the District of Batang Padang has been excised. According to the excision gazette of 29 May 2013, the area excised is about 495.5 hectares which makes up what remained of the HS Bikam after being...
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