October 2016 – Page 2 – Consumers Association Penang

Destruction and Excision of Part of Segari Melintang Forest Reserve: SAM’s Response to Perak Menteri Besar

admin October 11, 2016 0 Comments

... Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) refers to Menteri Besar Perak, YAB Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir, statement to the media which was published in local dailies on 7 October 2016. The MB had questioned whether the State Government is in the wrong for excising part of the Segari Melintang Forest Reserve (HS Segari Melintang) for the purpose of developing public housing. The issue here is not...

Healthy, Safe and Sustainable Food for All

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Speech by Mr. S.M. Mohamed Idris, President of the Consumers’ Association of Penang at CAP’s Food Fair on 8 October 2016 Welcome to CAP’s food fair which is held in conjunction of the Green Action Week, a global campaign to promote sustainable consumption. Each year in October, organisations around the world take joint action to promote a common cause. This year 43 civil society...

Asian Governments Urged to Work Doubly Hard to Ratify Mercury Treaty

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6 October 2016, Quezon City. Civil society groups exhorted Asian governments to ratify the Minamata Convention on Mercury as environmental and health officials from several countries converge in Pasay City for a three-day regional forum. In a joint statement, the EcoWaste Coalition, the Collaboration Center for Minamata Disease Victims and IPEN (a global NGO network for a toxics-free future)...

Farmers in Kedah Continue to Face Problems

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The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) urges the Agriculture Department and Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) of Kedah to investigate and take immediate action to resolve the water supply problem faced by rice farmers who had joined the Kampung Baru Mini Estate project in Padang Sanai, PadangTerap district in the state of Kedah. Farmers here suffered huge losses amounting to...

Issue 46-5 September-October 2016

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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.

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Month: October 2016