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Month: November 2017

CAP SAM Very Distressed By Flood Tragedy

The Consumers’ Association of Penang and Sahabat Alam Malaysia  are very distressed by the tragedy that has taken place yesterday and early morning today in Penang. The floods, landslides and the disruption of people's lives are even much worst than what happened on 15th Sept. Yes - there was non stop rain and very high winds, but the major factor causing this has been the removal of the hill...
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TBRA: Halt short-sighted urban planning

Penang: Tanjung Bunga Residents’ Association (TBRA) is once again calling for the State to halt all short-sighted and patchy urban planning that continue to cause more flooded homes, uprooted trees, power cuts, and making travel inconvenient. TBRA wants the State to relook at all its urban and sub-urban development projects to see how it can improve the State’s ability to resist and absorb...
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Doesn’t Malaysia’s Environment Matter? Stop the Export of Sand

River sand mining operation in Pinang Tunggal which had caused impacts to environment and communities. Sahabat  Alam Malaysia (SAM) expresses its shock on the latest news by Free Malaysia Today (FMT) dated 29 of October which reported on the arrival of the first batch of Malaysian sand to Thoothukudi Port in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The export of sand went ahead despite protest and...
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