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Year: 2018

Year: 2018

Secret RCEP trade deal fails international standards of transparency experts warn

admin July 20, 2018 0 Comments
The 23rd round of negotiations of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is taking place in Bangkok, Thailand this week. The mega- Asian trade deal will impact the lives of over 3 billion people, yet a new study which is available at https://www.foei.org/wp- content/uploads/2018/07/RCEP- trade-deal-secret-deal.pdf    reveals how the deal fails international standards of...
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Bring Your Own Bag, Say No to Plastic Bags

Admin July 3, 2018 0 Comments
In conjunction of Plastic Bag Free Day on 3rd July, the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) distributed free cloth bags made from discarded t-shirts to market-goers in Bagan Ajam Market in Butterworth, Penang.  The event to mark the global day of action was a joint action with SMK Convent Butterworth and Majlis Perbandaran Seberang Perai. As a symbol of our disposable consumer society,...
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Issue 48-4 July-August 2018

admin July 3, 2018 0 Comments
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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Bring Your Own Bag, Say No to Plastic Bags

admin July 3, 2018 0 Comments
In conjunction of Plastic Bag Free Day on 3rd July, the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) distributed free cloth bags made from discarded t-shirts to market-goers in Bagan Ajam Market in Butterworth, Penang. The event to mark the global day of action was a joint action with SMK Convent Butterworth and Majlis Perbandaran Seberang Perai. As a symbol of our disposable consumer society,...
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Villages near Marudi facing acute clean water shortage

Admin June 29, 2018 0 Comments
At a time when the country is undergoing such a historic political transition, Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) wishes to draw attention to the plight of our indigenous communities who have long been deprived of their rights to basic services. In Sarawak, Sabah and Peninsular Malaysia, a significant section of our indigenous population has yet to have access to a clean water supply system, electricity...
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Stay Away From Processed Foods

Admin June 29, 2018 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is appalled that brands of tinned sardines contaminated with worms have once more been discovered in our Malaysian market. In mid-April of this year, the health ministry announced that two brands of tinned sardines imported from China and sold in Malaysia were contaminated with dead worms. A little over two months later, six more brands of tinned...
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CAP: Call for proper auction procedures in the awarding of spectrum

Admin June 28, 2018 0 Comments
The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) is extremely concerned that our government has lost billions of Ringgit in potential revenue in the awarding of spectrum licences to mobile phone operators in the past, through lack of transparency in the awarding process, as well as in the low pricing. It is significant to note that India, which came out of a multi-billion Rupee scandal in its 2G...
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CAP & SAM welcome proposed ban on plastic straws and single-use plastic items in Penang

Admin June 26, 2018 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) are pleased that Penang will embark on a ban of plastic straws and other single-use plastic food and drink containers after Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow gave local authorities carte blanche to execute such policies to preserve the environment. The proposal by the Penang government and local authorities is the way forward...
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CAP: Call for proper auction procedures in the awarding of spectrum 

admin June 26, 2018 0 Comments
The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) is extremely concerned that our government has lost billions of Ringgit in potential revenue in the awarding of spectrum licences to mobile phone operators in the past, through lack of transparency in the awarding process, as well as in the low pricing.  It is significant to note that India, which came out of a multi-billion Rupee scandal in its 2G...
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 SUPPORT PENANG CHIEF MINISTER’S CALL FOR BAN ON LOGGING IN ULU MUDA FOREST RESERVE AND TO COMPENSATE KEDAH

admin June 24, 2018 0 Comments
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) today supported the call by Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow, to ban logging in the Ulu Muda Forests Reserves (UMFR), and for the Federal Government to compensate Kedah for the loss of revenue caused by the logging ban. We also support the move by the Penang State Government to initiate a top-level meeting between the...
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