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THREAT OF WEEDY RICE IN MADA AREA

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CAP Urges Review of Direct Seeding Method and Use of Modern Technology The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) urges the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry to conduct a comprehensive study on the occurrence and causes of weedy rice at the Muda Agricultural Development Authority (MADA) area. Recently, local media reported that 15,000 hectares of paddy fields in Perlis and Kedah...

4th Industrial Revolution (4IR): doom or boom?

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The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) takes great concern at increasing reports of workers losing their jobs due to the advent of the “4th Industrial Revolution” (4IR), which is touted to replace many skills and functions with automation aided by software. The laying off of employees, especially senior workforce members who have operated in their respective fields for decades, due to the...

Firecrackers and illegal fireworks are still in the market

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The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) has repeatedly called for a strict enforcement of a ban on firecrackers/fireworks for more than 20 years but these calls have fallen on deaf ears. While we are struggling just to enforce the law, more than 40,000 people signed a petition calling for a new law to ban the public use of fireworks in the United Kingdom (UK). Their reasons are that...

Don’t sign revised TPP agreement, CAP calls on government

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According to news reports, the 11 countries that agreed to the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), without the United States, have now concluded negotiations to sign an agreement very similar to the TPPA. Malaysia is one of the 11 countries. Yet the Malaysian public has been kept in the dark on these recent negotiations and on the new agreement. According to news reports, the new...

The China Ban’s Wake-Up Call: Recycling is Not Enough

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Leaders from Around the World Demand Less Plastic January 22, 2018-Recycling professionals, environmentalists, and policy influencers are calling for a significant reduction in the production of plastics, citing China’s recent ban on plastic waste imports from other countries as a “wake-up call” that we can’t recycle our way out of plastic pollution. GAIA, with the help of core partners...

Electrocution of Elephant Should Not Be Taken Lightly

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Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is astounded at the death of yet another wild elephant in Gerik, Perak. The incident occurred on January 3rd when a 40 year old female elephant was electrocuted by a live wire on a construction site. The herd of elephants come into populated areas foraging for food. These pachyderms have lost their natural habitats due to extensive and uncontrolled land clearance...

CAP: Ban air fresheners and fragrances in public places

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CAP President at Ban Fragrances Press Conference. The Consumers Association of Penang calls on the authorities to promulgate laws to ban the use of fragrances in public places as it is hazardous to health. The ban should include the use of air freshener and perfume. Driven by advertisements that promote scented environments as clean and healthy, it is common to find air fresheners being used in...

BANKRUPTCY CASES AILS THE NATION

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The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is concerned about the number of Malaysians driven to bankruptcy or on the brink of it. More than quarter of a million people – 294,000 Malaysians to be exact – are involved in bankruptcy cases. It is largely attributed to their failure to settle their hire purchase loans, credit card loans, personal loans, housing loans and social guarantors (due...

SAM Urges Authorities To Address Problems Faced By Teluk Bahang Coastal Fishers

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PENANG: Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urges the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry, Penang state government and local authority to investigate and take immediate action to address the problems faced by the Teluk Bahang coastal fishers here. In a survey conducted by SAM after receiving complaints from the fishermen, we found that the pollution from concrete wastes on coastal and marine...

Issue 47-5 Nov-Dec 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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