2015 – Page 3 – Consumers Association Penang

Residents in Kampung Kedah in Perak Have Been Using Dirty Water for the Past 60 Years

Admin October 27, 2015 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) urges the Perak state government, Manjung District Office and Perak Water Board to take immediate action to supply piped treated water for the daily use of nine families in Kampung Kedah, Sungai Puyu near Teluk Senangin in Perak. CAP's survey found that the households in this village were forced to use dirty water from wells in the absence of piped...

Review Proposed Palm Oil Mill in Sungai Ranggam, Perak

Admin October 26, 2015 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) urges the Perak state government to review the proposed plans to construct a palm oil mill in Sungai Ranggam near Pasir Salak here because of the potential impacts to the environment and the local community. The mill is proposed to be built near residential areas inhabited by more than 4,000 people and not far from a river that is a source of...

CAP urges Penang Government to scrap reclamation project

admin October 20, 2015 0 Comments

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) urges the Penang government to scrap the reclamation project which is proposed at Permatang Damar Laut near Batu Maung here as it will affect the environment, life and livelihood of 300 coastal fishers in this area. In our survey, CAP found that in addition to coastal fishing zone becoming narrower, the fishing village and forest along Pantai Indah here...

ResourceCo Asia, Send Back the Waste to Australia

admin October 15, 2015 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia urges ResourceCo Asia (M) Sdn Bhd to immediately return the solid waste that has been imported from Australia for the purpose of manufacturing fuel for Lafarge. This issue was first brought to SAM’s attention by a concerned individual who found that the company located in IGB Industrial Park in Ipoh, Perak had falsified import documents to declare the solid waste as solid...

Enough of expensive, slow and shoddy TM services

admin October 6, 2015 0 Comments

Telekom Malaysia’s (TM) services have gone from bad to worse. Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is tired of complaining of the poor Internet and telephone services provided by TM. We have experienced everything from crawling Internet speed to complete absence of Internet and telephone services over the years. When a similar incidence occurred recently TM technicians blamed our equipment,...

TPP agreement reached – Dark Day for Malaysia

admin October 6, 2015 0 Comments

Despite widespread international opposition, trade officials from the 12 countries negotiating the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) in Atlanta, USA announced yesterday that they have reached an agreement on a devastating trade deal that threatens people and the planet. The final texts are expected to be available within weeks. The TPP trade ministers’ press release states that to formalize the...

Save our Seeds from Corporate Control

admin October 2, 2015 0 Comments

Seed is a farmer’s most essential input. For thousands of years farm communities have been observing, selecting, nurturing, breeding and saving seed. Yet, in the last century there has been a dramatic decrease in global seed diversity, of which the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported in 2010 that 75% of the world’s crop diversity had already been lost. The erosion of...

Issue 45-5 Sept-Oct 2015

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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.

CAP calls for a single updated and comprehensive law on auctions

admin September 29, 2015 0 Comments

Auctions have been carried out since the country was under the British rule and the laws regarding auctions have generally remained unchanged. It is time we bring the auction laws to the 21st century for the benefit of all parties concerned especially the bidders (buyers). Currently the auction business is governed by the 86 year old Auction Sales Enactment F.M.S. Cap. 81 (No. 2 of 1929) and the...

SAM new publication on the Penan community: Systemic failure to protect the NCR in Sarawak