2013 – Page 6 – Consumers Association Penang

TPPA Forum on Saturday, 22 June, 2013

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The Impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) on You and Your Children's Health, Livelihood and the Environment. Malaysia is signing onto the TPPA, which is a United States’-led economic agreement, with 11 other countries. What is your government agreeing to IN YOUR NAME? a) Health: Deeper, longer and comprehensive pharmaceutical patents, making MEDICINES & MEDICAL...

Think. Eat. Save: Avoid food wastage

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In conjunction with the World Environment Day 2013, the Consumer’s Association of Penang urges consumers to end food wastage. This year’s theme for World Environment Day celebration is Think. Eat. Save, which is an anti-food waste and food loss campaign that encourages reducing our food print. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), every year 1.3 billion tonnes of food...

Issue 43-3 May-Jun 2013

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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 political parties. You can expect our views and perspectives to be different, for we are on the side of consumers.

Hill destruction in Penang

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MPPP Councillor and NGO representative Dr. Lim Mah Hui expresses grave concern about the destruction of hill-land for property development done in full view of the authorities to the MPPP at a Full Council Meeting on 31 May 2013. It is with a heavy heart that I am addressing the council on this topic. Two days ago, a section of a so-called retaining wall in Bukit Gambier collapsed. We are...

TPPA – Malaysia MUST withdraw NOW

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“Trust the Government, we know what is best for you”. This is sheer pomposity on the part of the Government and we fear that our and our future generation’s life and livelihood would be in jeopardy if we are not careful in what the Government is signing us up for. When the text of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and likewise the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement are kept secret and we have...

Deaths of pygmy elephants still unsolved

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Several months have passed and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is still wondering who or what is responsible for the untimely deaths of the 14 pygmy elephants which died between December last year and January this year in a forest reserve in central Sabah. It is hard to fathom why it has taken so long for the analysis to be revealed and only after several letters to editors from readers, came the...

Encroachment and illegal development in Bukit Merah Lake Reserve

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Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urges the relevant authorities to take stringent action against anyone who had encroached and illegally carried out agricultural activities in the Bukit Merah Lake Reserve, District of Kerian, Perak. SAM's investigation found that the Bukit Merah Lake Reserve was encroached and trees felled illegally since more than 12 years ago and planted with oil palm. We are...

Logging cessation an excellent move

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Friends of Ulu Muda (FOUM), a coalition of environmental NGOs advocating for the protection of the Greater Ulu Muda forest in Kedah, applaud the decision by the state’s newly-elected Menteri Besar, Dato’ Paduka Mukhriz Tun Mahathir, to temporarily cease all logging activities in the state. The decision, which was announced on Saturday, cited complaints from villagers on the supply and quality...

Speech by Mr. S.M. Mohamed Idris, CAP President at the launching of CAP’s guidebook on Home Nutrition Garden, 18 May 2013.

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Ladies and Gentlemen, the home garden is traditionally a very important piece of land for rural households. But as our country developed and became more urbanised these backyard or kitchen gardens took a back seat, forgetting its potential for improving household food security and supply of nutrition. Home nutrition gardening can enhance food security in several ways. Families would have direct...

Proposed TBT Annex in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement