2017 – Page 2 – Consumers Association Penang

STOP EXPORTS TO SUSTAIN THE PRICE OF VEGETABLES AND FISH

admin November 20, 2017 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 prices of vegetables, fruits, and fish that have increased up to 300% in the past one week. It was reported on 15 November 2017 that the rise in prices and shortages of vegetables and fish...

Action needed now on antibiotic resistance

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The world is marking World Antibiotics Awareness Week on 13-19 November. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the world is running out of new antibiotics to fight the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance. Malaysia is also affected and must take urgent action on this threat. In the words of the Chief Medical Officer of the United Kingdom, Professor Dame Sally Davies, ‘the...

CAP: Stop becoming a nation of diabetics

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CAP President pointing out major complications of diabetes. The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the Ministry of Health to take drastic action to curb the rising number of diabetics in the country. In Malaysia in spite of many campaigns against diabetes its prevalence especially that of Type 2 has increased to epidemic proportions? It is estimated there are 4.2 million diabetics,...

Unhealthy Living Makes Malaysia No. 1 in Diabetes Prevalence in ASEAN

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Today November 14 is World Diabetes Day, and on this occasion, the Consumers Association of Penang calls on consumers to practice healthy lifestyle to reduce the risk of diabetes Currently it is estimated that there are 3.5 million diabetics in Malaysia. Our diabetes prevalence is the highest in ASEAN. Diabetes prevalence in Malaysia was only 1-2% in 1960. It has skyrocketed to 17.5% this year....

Malaysia should not give in to a new TPP

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In the next few days, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Trade and Industry will be making a major decision on behalf of Malaysia on whether to join other countries to revive and sign a new Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) without the United States. They will be at a meeting in Danang, Vietnam, where the remaining 11 TPP countries (including Malaysia) are meeting to agree to a new...

FROM CRANES TO PILING RIGS

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Each time an incident has occurred at a construction site and it resulted in the death of one or more innocent lives, The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) called on the government to conduct a full inquiry into the operations of the Department of Safety and Health’s (DOSH) operations; but unfortunately, it seems to have fallen on deaf ears. We are iterating that call on account of the...

CAP SAM Very Distressed By Flood Tragedy

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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...

TBRA: Halt short-sighted urban planning

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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...

Doesn’t Malaysia’s Environment Matter? Stop the Export of Sand

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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...

PRICE TAGGING LAWS MUST BE ENFORCED

admin October 30, 2017 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-Operatives and Consumerism to enforce the Price Control Act 1946 Amendment 1973, Section 8(1) which requires traders to display price tags on goods meant for sale. Our repeated survey around Penang Island showed most traders openly violating the Price Control Act. The survey showed as follows: The main...

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