2017 – Page 13 – Consumers Association Penang

Elephants are no match for poachers

admin February 19, 2017 0 Comments

Elephants are no match for poachers. The macabre butchering of two Borneo pygmy elephants shows that poachers abound in almost every corner of the country or state waiting to strike when least expected. In the past, pygmy elephants have become the victims of poisoning reportedly by oil palm plantation workers to deter elephants from eating the fruit of the palm trees. Last September a group of...

FIRE CRACKERS BAN: WHO ELSE BEEN CAUGHT AND CHARGED?

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Two men were each fined RM6,000 and have to serve a four-days jail sentence each for illegal possession of fire crackers during a football match at the Penang State Stadium in Batu Kawan on 11 February 2016. One of the men had 12 firecrackers while the other had four. The two men were charged under Section 8 of the Explosive Act 1957 which carries a maximum seven-year jail sentence, a RM10,000...

DANGEROUS AND UNREGULATED ELECTRONIC/ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS IN MARKET

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The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is surprised at how unregulated electrical products can continue to be available in the market. This problem has been highlighted by CAP umpteen times over the years. There are an alarming number of electronic/electrical products without the Energy Commission-SIRIM label that are being blatantly sold in the market. More shockingly, the Energy...

CAP is Disappointed with Penang EXCO’s statement WILLING TO DESTORY MANGROVE FORESTS FOR THE SAKE OF DEVELOPMENT

admin February 15, 2017 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is disappointed with the statement by YB Phee Boon Poh, Penang State EXCO for Welfare,Caring Society and Environment quoted in a Malay Daily implying that the State is willing to destroy the mangroves in Bagan Jermal to make way for the implementation of a reclamation project here. According to YB Phee, the felling of the 9.38 hectares of mangrove...

CAP IS UPSET THAT MANGROVES IN PENANG CONTINUE TO BE DESTROYED

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The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is upset that the mangrove forests in Penang continue to be felled although there have been many protests especially by fisher communities whose livelihood is threatened following the implementation of development projects here. Recently an area of 9.38 hectares of mangroves in Bagan Jermal has been reportedly destroyed to make way for a reclamation...

RESOLVE WASTE DUMPING PROBLEM AT JALAN BAN, SUNGAI TENGAH CHANGKAT, NIBONG TEBAL

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Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is concerned of the problem of indiscriminate waste disposal in Jalan Ban Sungai Tengah, Changkat near Changkat fishermen’s jetty, Nibong Tebal in Seberang Perai Selatan, Penang. The Seberang Perai Municipal Council (MPSP), District and Land Office of Seberang Perai Selatan, Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) and the Department of Environment (DOE) Penang...

CAP HAD WARNED: PIG BRISTLE BRUSHES AND OTHER PORCINE PRODUCTS

admin February 6, 2017 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) had warned consumers as early as 1980s – three decades ago – and went on to publish a book titled Halal Haram on the subject of halal products in 2006 but the warning has fallen on deaf ears. One of the products that CAP deliberated were paint brushes which has been lately reported in a Bahasa Malaysia daily. CAP would like to congratulate the...

SAM CALLS ON KELANTAN GOVERNMENT TO CANCEL CARBON OFFSET DEAL

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Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is deeply concerned by the intention of the Kelantan State Government to enter into a carbon offsetting deal with a carbon trading company involving 25% of its forested land. It is equally troubling to read the positive angle adopted by media reports in praising the 30-year concession which covers a staggering 396,000ha of forests with the credit generated to be sold...

CABLE CAR WILL DESTROY ENVIRONMENT OF PENANG HILL, BOTANICAL GARDENS AND SURROUNDINGS

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Penang Hill transformed - NST Sahabat Alam Malaysia is deeply concerned and objects to the proposal of a cable car system in Penang as it would bring about devastating impacts, result in a drastic change in the hill’s atmosphere and surrounding the ground stations. SAM therefore calls on the Federal and State government to scrap this proposal. The proposed cable car plan, estimated to cost...

Issue 47-1 January-February 2017

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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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Year: 2017