Month: April 2015

Landed houses and shop-houses in residential zones are supposed to be safeguarded from encroachment by industrial activities of any kind by Sec. 27(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1976 (the Act). However, the sanctity of residential zones in Penang is now at the mercy of the whims and fancies of the Development Planning Department (DPD) of the Majlis Bandaraya Pulau Pinang (MBPP) and the...

Soil is a finite, non-renewable resource, meaning its loss and degradation is not recoverable within a human lifespan. Hence the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is very concerned of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report that 33 percent of land is moderately to highly degraded due to erosion, salinization, compaction, acidification and chemical pollution of soils.  Soil...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) are disappointed with the Penang State Planning Committee (SPC) chaired by the Chief Minister for approving conversion of hill reserve land to residential zones. In addition to this the State has also announced several other massive projects. We view that the State is not respecting the sanctity of the hills and other...

CAP urges the state government and the City Council of Penang (MBPP) to give serious attention and take swift action to overcome the island’s garbage pollution problem. CAP is dismayed that although there has been complaints among many locals and tourists regarding the garbage problem but the situation remains unchanged until now. Last year, the Penang state government had spent RM15.8 million...