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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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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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Are Hydrogen Cyanide levels in Bukit Koman really safe?

admin February 25, 2013 0 Comments
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) queries the Department of Environment (DOE) whether the concentration and level of hydrogen cyanide (HCN) in the air in Bukit Koman, near Raub, Pahang declared safe by the Department, are actually safe and will not cause any adverse health effects to those who are exposed to the pollutant. It was reported that in a statement to The Malay Mail, the DOE said monitoring...
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