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Month: April 2019

Month: April 2019

Housing Ministry must stop Fire Department compelling use of SPKA system

admin April 30, 2019 0 Comments
The fire department is lamenting that there are some designated buildings operating with expired Fire Certificates. Is this because they have not changed to the SPKA system monopolized by one company through a questionable “open tender”? Over the last two (2) years the fire department had sent out letters threatening designated premise holders that if they do not switch over to the automatic...
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SAM OBJECTS TO DEVELOPMENT OF MONOCULTURE PLANTATIONS IN PERMANENT RESERVED FORESTS

admin April 30, 2019 0 Comments
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is upset that the Federal government and several states in Peninsular Malaysia are still pursuing policies and approving the implementation of large scale monoculture plantations (for example timber latex clone plantations and “musang king durian” plantations) in Permanent Reserved Forests (PRF). Among the states that are actively implementing development of...
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Orang Asli Development Blueprint must recognise their customary land rights

admin April 25, 2019 0 Comments
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) supports the New Straits Times editorial published on April 24, 2019, titled, NST Leader: “A meaningful future for the community.”  The editorial was written in conjunction with the recently held 2019 Orang Asli Convention, where the Prime Minister announced the plan to develop a National Orang Asli Development Blueprint.  SAM welcomes the announcement of the...
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Car dealers should share vehicle repair technology with independent car workshops

admin April 25, 2019 0 Comments
Malaysian car owners are in a dilemma. They are unable to send their cars with computerised engines anywhere to repair except at designated authorised service centres. It becomes a monopoly and independent workshops are unable to compete. Moreover, car owners are unable to seek a ‘second opinion’ or choose a repairer of his choice. In February 2019, Australia came up with a mandatory scheme...
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Long awaited Tobacco Control Act

admin April 24, 2019 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) welcomes the news of the introduction of the long awaited standalone Tobacco Control Act to replace the Control of Tobacco Control Regulation (CTPR) 1993 which had ironically placed under the Food Act 1983. It is hoped that the Ministry of Health (MoH) Malaysia will plug up all the loopholes that existed in the CTPR and anticipate how the tobacco...
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New research exposes a crisis in the global trade of “recyclable” plastics

admin April 23, 2019 0 Comments
Kuala Lumpur / Hong Kong / Berkeley, USA, 23 April 2019 — Water contamination, crop death, illness, and the open burning of plastic waste have all flooded into Southeast Asia along with the world’s “recycled” plastics, according to a report by GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives) with data analysis on the global waste trade from Greenpeace East Asia. "Plastic waste from...
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5 reasons why PTMP is a white elephant master plan

admin April 22, 2019 0 Comments
by Roger Teoh Free Malaysia Today April 21, 2019 10:30 AM Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow pointing at the PIL1 highway alignment on a map of Penang. Over the past three years, various concerns regarding the Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP) have been raised. However, the Penang government has not, and is unlikely to, provide evidence-based answers to clear the air. Instead, the Penang chief...
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TIME TO PROTECT, NOT DESTROY

admin April 22, 2019 0 Comments
In conjunction with Earth Day April  22nd this year, Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) would like to highlight the fact that at least one-fifth of mammal species found in Malaysia is facing extinction.  That is according to a data provided by the World Bank in 2015, which revealed that in 2014 as many as 70 species out of 336 mammals were in danger.  This special classification ranks Malaysia...
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Ban Neonicotinoid to Protect Bees: We Simply Cannot Survive Without Bees

Admin April 19, 2019 0 Comments
In conjunction with World Earth Day 2019 on 22.4.2019 (Monday), the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls for protection of bees by banning the use of neonicotinoids which is a notorious pesticide that poses danger to bees. The theme of this year’s Earth Day is “Protect Our Species”. The rapid extinction of species in our world today is the result of human...
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CAP and SAM welcome federal government’s clarification about Penang reclamation project

admin April 19, 2019 0 Comments
CAP and SAM are relieved to read the clarification by Federal Territories Minister Khalid Abdul Samad that the National Physical Planning Council (NPPC) has not approved the Penang South Reclamation (PSR) project. We welcome very much the decision of the NPPC not to approve the reclamation project as yet but to give 18 conditions to the state government, and to ask the state to engage with local...
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