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Year: 2016

Year: 2016

Conditions of flats in Malaysia are slum-like

admin June 21, 2016 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) would like to express our growing concern for the living conditions in low, medium cost flats; conditions that can only be labelled as deplorable.  This is a fact we were able to establish from the brief survey we conducted at low, medium cost flats in Penang – both on the mainland and the island. Reports about the awful living conditions in these...
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Announcement

admin June 17, 2016 0 Comments
  CAP is conducting a Training on Urban Garden without chemical at its premises 10, Jalan Masjid Negeri on 18 June 2016 from 9am-11.30am. Live demo on converting kitchen waste into fertilizers, making of growth promoters for plants, pot mixture and valuable gardening tips will be shared during training. Participation through registration only. SMS or whats app your registration to 012-5374899 /...
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Accord pharmacists their rightful role to dispense medicines

admin June 16, 2016 0 Comments
The healthcare care industry is supported by an array of disciplines each with its own training curriculum, standards and job descriptions – be it nursing, physiotherapy, dietetics, pharmacy or medicine. Each discipline supports the other and it is the seamless integration of the various disciplines that leads to optimal health care support for consumers and patients. However the universal norm...
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CAP: Immediate ban on the sale of glyphosate-based herbicides

admin June 15, 2016 0 Comments
The Consumers Association of Penang reiterate its calls to the authorities to impose an immediate ban on the sale of glyphosate-based herbicides as it is found to be hazardous to humans, wildlife and the environment. Recently a man from Brooklyn USA is seeking $5 million claims in a class action law suit against Pepsico the company that produces Quaker Oats. According to the lawsuit the famous...
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Malaysia’s Bullying Epidemic

admin June 9, 2016 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) finds the state of bullying in Malaysian schools to be very disturbing. The bullying phenomenon has reached a point where it can now be considered a social epidemic. It would seem that if we do not find a way to tackle this problem immediately, our society is going to turn into a violent one. However, as with all problems, before we can work towards...
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Coastal Erosion at Butterworth Outer Ring Road

admin June 8, 2016 0 Comments
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is very concerned over the coastal erosion in a section of the Butterworth Outer Ring Road (BORR) which is becoming critical. The Penang State Government, the concessionaire of the BORR i.e. Lingkaran Lebuh Raya Butterworth (Penang) Sdn. Bhd. (LLB), the Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) and other relevant agencies must investigate this matter immediately...
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Stop Indiscriminate Increase Of Price Of Vegetables

admin June 8, 2016 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism and Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) to take immediate steps to bring down the price of vegetables which has increased up to 350% during this Ramadan month. The Following prices listed below give the comparative price CAP calls on the Enforcement Division of the...
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Issue 46-3 May-June 2016

admin June 8, 2016 0 Comments
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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Consumers “ticked off” by online air bookings

admin June 7, 2016 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the Ministry of Transport to address problems often arising during or after on-line air travel booking that plagued consumers. One common problem for those who are not careful or not computer savvy about on-line booking is the pre-selected optional extras such as travel insurance and seat selection which incurs additional cost. A person...
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ENCROACHMENT AND ILLEGAL CLEARING IN BUKIT MERAH LAKE RESERVE, KERIAN DISTRICT, PERAK

Admin June 5, 2016 0 Comments
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and environmental groups comprising of CAP, KUASA, PEKA and GRASS urge the relevant authorities to take action against anyone found to encroach and illegally clear the forests in the Bukit Merah Lake Reserve in the district of Kerian, Perak. Fifteen years ago, SAM had found that a portion of the Bukit Merah Lake Reserve had been encroached and illegally converted for...
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