2015 – Consumers Association Penang

Malaysian wildlife doomed to extinction?

admin December 28, 2015 0 Comments

The continuous emergence of wildlife news in the media warrants serious attention from the government and the relevant authorities. Malaysian wildlife faces a desperate fight for survival into the future and without urgent intervention, many of our country’s endangered species will soon be wiped out. They are being driven to extinction by many factors including habitat loss, hunting and...

Proposed Reclamation in Permatang Damar Laut: CAP Refutes Claims of Batu Maung State Assemblyman

Admin December 17, 2015 0 Comments

The Consumers Association Penang (CAP) refutes claims made by the Batu Maung State Assemblyman Dato’ Abdul Malik Abul Kassim that the reclamation project in Permatang Damar Laut was well-received by the fishermen in the area. Commenting on Dato’ Abdul Malik’s statement that was reported in the media, CAP would like to clarify that the fishing community that we met had raised serious...

SAM is Enraged over Attempts to Murder Trees in Wangsa Maju

Admin December 16, 2015 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urges the authorities concerned to take strict action and impose heavy penalty against vandals who tried to kill 17 trees in a park in Wangsa Maju, Kuala Lumpur recently. SAM is deeply disappointed with this irresponsible act and calls for immediate investigation to be carried out by the local authorities to identify the culprits. According to the Kuala Lumpur City...

Go Green Bicycle Campaign 2015

admin December 16, 2015 0 Comments

SAM & CAP PROTEST DESTRUCTION OF GUNUNG INAS FOREST RESERVE

Admin December 15, 2015 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) urge the Kedah state government to investigate and stop the plantation project in Gunung Inas Permanent Reserve Forest, located near Kulim because it will cause environmental destruction and threaten local livelihoods in the future. Our survey found that the project involving a forest area of over 30,000 hectares...

Save Youngsters from Life Ravaging Addiction Impose Total Ban on E-cigarette, Vaping and Shisha

Admin December 4, 2015 0 Comments

The Consumers Association of Penang is appalled by the Malaysian cabinet’s decision to regulate the e-cigarette and vaping instead of imposing a total ban on it. Consumers Association of Penang reiterates that the cabinet must impose the total ban on e-cigarette and vaping if they are concerned about future and wellbeing of the youth in this country. The cabinet ministers indifferences in...

Flash Floods In Penang: Improve Prevention And Mitigation Measures

Admin December 2, 2015 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) has urged the Penang State Government and local authorities to implement preventive and mitigation measures after investigating the cause of the flash floods that occurred in several areas in the State especially in Teluk Kumbar, Permatang Damar Laut, Batu Maung and Bayan Lepas. Heavy rains that started around 6.00 pm on 29th November 2015 caused water level to rise...

SAM Urges Review of Plan to Issue License for Bauxite Mining in Terengganu

admin November 26, 2015 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urges the Terengganu State Government and local authorities to review plans for issuance of license for bauxite mining because the mining has potential to cause adverse impacts to the environment and harm the lives of the people in the State. SAM commented on a report in a local newspaper (Sinar Harian: 23 November 2015) which states that the government is willing to...

Securing our food security without GM crops

admin November 25, 2015 0 Comments

We wish to respond to the article "Securing our food supply with GM crops" by Dr. Hoe-Han Goh published in the New Straits Times on 14 November 2015. Dr. Goh extolled the benefits of genetically modified (GM) crops in several countries, but his article failed to provide the full picture and we seek to address this important gap. In the case of India, after 10 years of Bt cotton (a GM cotton)...

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