2015 – Page 7 – Consumers Association Penang

Buying Pawn Tickets Is Illegal

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The practice of buying pawn tickets has been going on for years if not decades. According to the enforcement agency, The Moneylenders’ and pawnbrokers’ division of the Ministry of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government, it is illegal for anyone to purchase the pawn tickets. Despite the law and book penalties of a fine of not more than RM20,000 or imprisonment of not more than 12 years...

Ramadhan: Do not be wasteful or extravagant, remember the suffering poor

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Today is the beginning of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and Muslims worldwide will observe fasting and in the evening perform the tarawih prayer in mosques and surau. Ramadan is a holy month, a month when the al-Quran that is full of lessons for mankind was revealed. We should be prepared to welcome this month with the hope that it will make us a better human being in the sight of Allah SWT....

Farmers in Malaysia threatened by intellectual property treaty

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The Consumers’ Association of Penang strongly calls on the Government not to join the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants of 1991 (UPOV 1991). There is a proposal in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) to require membership of UPOV 1991 by the participating countries. However, there is growing concern globally that UPOV 1991 establishes an...

Telekom Malaysia Needs an Overhaul

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Telekom Malaysia must take serious efforts to improve its services, as it is the oldest and biggest telecommunications service provider in the nation. There have been numerous complaints which have not been dealt with properly. The complaints that CAP has received we have taken up with the Malaysian Communication & Multimedia Commission (MCMC), Consumer Forum Malaysia (CFM) and TM as well...

CAP calls for smoking ban to be extended to all public places

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CAP fully supports the move by the Ministry of Health to ban smoking at all eateries. The ban would be in line with Malaysia's commitments under the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, and with measures adopted by other countries the world over to curb smoking in public areas. Most importantly, it could literally be a life-saver. In fact in India many...

Issue 45-3 May-June 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.

Implement Dispensation Separation Without Delay

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We refer to the statement by the Deputy Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr. Hilmy Yahya that the “Government is in no rush to table Pharmacy Bill.” . We call on the Government to table the Bill in Parliament without any further delay and make it available for the public to comment. There are a lot of rumours flying around in the social media about the Bill which would be put to rest by its...

Ban the sale of glyphosate-based herbicides

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The Consumers Association of Penang calls on the authorities to ban the sale of glyphosate-based herbicides as it found to be hazardous to humans, wildlife and the environment. Glyphosate is the chief ingredient in Roundup weed killer, from Monsanto. In Malaysia there are about 172 herbicide products which contain glyphosate. Glyphosate is increasingly associated with health problems such as...

CAP proposes stiff penalty on cheating logging company

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The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) demands that the government imposes severe penalties including revoking the licence of a cheating logging company detected by the Perak Forestry Department recently. In addition to violating approval granted by the department, the company has caused environmental damage and destroyed our natural resources. Therefore the government should take stern...

The Secret Corporate Takeover

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By Joseph E. Stiglitz NEW YORK – The United States and the world are engaged in a great debate about new trade agreements. Such pacts used to be called “free-trade agreements”; in fact, they were managed trade agreements, tailored to corporate interests, largely in the US and the European Union. Today, such deals are more often referred to as “partnerships,”as in the Trans-Pacific...

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