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Year: 2013

Year: 2013

Open letter from Malaysian NGOs to MITI on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA)

admin May 21, 2013 0 Comments
Y.B. Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed Minister of International Trade and Industry Ministry of International Trade and Industry 15th Floor, Block 10, Government Offices Complex, Jalan Duta, 50622 Kuala Lumpur 21 May, 2013 Yang Berhormat, Open letter from Malaysian NGOs on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) We refer to the statement issued by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry...
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Plundering continues due to weak governance?

admin May 21, 2013 0 Comments
Highlands and hills plundered, virgin jungles ravaged.  Judging from the unceasing reports, the government machinery to stop these illegal clearing of jungles and hill slopes is clearly not functioning effectively. In Penang, clearing of a hill near Bukit Gambier which is visible even from the Penang Bridge, appears to have not caught the eye of the authorities soon enough to stop this obvious...
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Why organic farming?

admin May 21, 2013 0 Comments
Organic agriculture is a food production management system, which promotes and enhances agro-ecosystem health, including biodiversity, soil nutrient cycles and soil biological activity. It emphasizes on the use of local management practices while taking into account the fact that regional conditions require locally adapted systems. Organic farming integrates biodiversity and soil conservation,...
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Massive anti-sodium campaign needed to fight hypertension epidemic

admin May 17, 2013 0 Comments
Today is World Hypertension Day (WHD). It is a day designated by The World Hypertension League (WHL), which is made up of 85 national hypertension societies. Since 2006, the WHL has been dedicating May 17 of every year as WHD. It was initiated to increase awareness on hypertension which is the biggest single risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). CVDs are the number one cause of death...
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Issue 43-2 Mar-Apr 2013

admin April 1, 2013 0 Comments
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.  
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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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