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Month: May 2017

Month: May 2017

Advice on Observing Ramadhan

admin May 30, 2017 0 Comments
by CAP President Haji S.M.Mohamed Idris Ramadhan is the most sacred month in the Muslim calendar when the noble Qur’an was revealed to our beloved Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. as a guidance to mankind.  It prescribes fasting as a way to attain Taqwa (God-consciousness) and the Prophet is reported to have narrated:  “Allah said, every action of the son of Adam is for him except fasting, for that...
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Tobacco – A threat to development

admin May 30, 2017 0 Comments
The World No Tobacco Day which will be celebrated on 31 May has Tobacco – A threat to development and it is timely because tobacco use has posed as a scourge on the development of a country. Malaysia is not an exception because tobacco use has imposed a massive social and economic cost over the decades when the money spent could have been used for its development. To understand the myths and...
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SAM Welcomes DoE Decision To Stop Reclamation Project In Kuala Kedah Pending EIA Approval

admin May 29, 2017 0 Comments
Sahabat Alam Malaysia welcomes the decision made by the Department of Environment (DoE) to issue a stop-work order to the developer of a coastal reclamation project dubbed “The Dubai of Malaysia” in Kuala Kedah . The DoE director-general had confirmed to the media that the order was issued through a notice dated 15 May 2017.  SAM had brought up this matter with the DoE in mid-March 2017...
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Petition Launched Urging ASEAN to Ban Microplastics in Cosmetics

admin May 28, 2017 0 Comments
Non-government organizations in Southeast Asia have joined forces to curb a preventable source of plastic pollution of the marine environment: microparticles of plastic, or microplastics, in cosmetics. Through an online petition at Avaaz, the groups are urging the member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a huge market of over 500 million consumers, to prohibit...
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Need for transparency over ‘Medical City’ proposal

admin May 26, 2017 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is very concerned that more and more public lands are being transferred to private hands without transparency and public knowledge. In the latest case in Penang, we have come to learn that the State government’s 6.4-acre land owned by Chief Minister Incorporated at Peel Avenue was sold for RM156 million on a 99-year lease for the construction of a...
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Skinned Alive For The Exotic Fashion Industry

admin May 24, 2017 0 Comments
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is strongly opposed to the exploitation of wildlife for the exotic skins trade mainly for the luxury fashion industry.  The trade-in exotic animal and reptile skins in particular generates thousands of animal victims to fulfill the demands of luxury fashion houses. The recent decision by the Natural and Environment Ministry to expand the python skin trade into the...
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AVOID CHANGING TPP-RELATED LAWS THAT DAMAGE THE HEALTH OF MALAYSIANS

admin May 22, 2017 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang calls on the Malaysian government not to make changes to the law relating to intellectual property rights (IPRs) to comply with the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). Malaysia should also not join any other TPPA countries to revive the TPPA especially since the United States has confirmed it is pulling out of the agreement, as there are very...
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Our high medicine prices are killing patients

admin May 18, 2017 0 Comments
Control astronomical prices of medicines now Expenditure on medicines comprise a large share of total health expenditure. The Ministry of Health (MOH) expenditure on medicines has been steadily increasing from RM1.61 billion in 2010; to RM1.76 billion in 2011; RM1.98 billion in 2012 and RM2.2 billion in 2013. This was an increase of 36.5% in the span of 3 years. Medicines expenditure will only...
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