No products in the cart.

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors

Year: 2019

Year: 2019

Does the Penang LRT have 97% Approval Rate?

admin October 25, 2019 0 Comments
Penang Forum’s Lim Mah Hui, Aliran member Anil Netto and CAP president Mohideen Abdul Kader at the press conference today. Penang Forum is alarmed that the Penang government could claim that 97% of close to 16,000 respondents have indicated support for the proposed elevated light rail system (LRT) going by the responses to a questionnaire at several booths around the state. Many of those who...
Read More

CAP Finds Outdoor Play Equipment Coated with Dangerous Levels of Lead

admin October 23, 2019 0 Comments
High levels of lead have been discovered on public playground equipment in the northern region in Malaysia. Painted play equipment containing dangerous levels of lead pose a serious lead poisoning risk to young children. The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls for urgent action to prohibit the sale and use of lead paint especially for products that can expose children to lead...
Read More

CAP: High prices of medicines not acceptable

admin October 23, 2019 0 Comments
We refer to the article in The Star 22nd October 2019 “Costly meds a bitter pill to swallow”. For too long the prices of medicines in the country have been left unregulated, at the expense of consumers who pay out of pocket and the Ministry of Health that is providing healthcare for millions of Malaysians. In 2018 MOH spent more than RM 2.38 billion on medicines alone.  Now we find that...
Read More

CAP: Stay away from instant noodles to keep healthy

admin October 22, 2019 0 Comments
The Consumers Association of Penang would like to congratulate the researchers for coming out with the report on the high sodium content in instant noodles (Berita Harian 17/10/19). Since, 2010 CAP has been calling on the Ministry of Health to highlight the dangers of instant noodles. As the consumption of instant noodles can easily cause excessive sodium intake as sodium is commonly used in our...
Read More

There’s no doubt about it, MAVCOM must stay!

admin October 22, 2019 0 Comments
Once more there has been talk of abolishing the Malaysian Aviation Commission (MAVCOM); but the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) feels that for the sake of upholding airline passengers’ rights MAVCOM must stay. Since the inception of MAVCOM there have been calls by certain parties in the aviation industry for the commission to be shutdown. The excuse given has always been that MAVCOM...
Read More

PENANG’S LOW-COST HOUSING SCAM

admin October 21, 2019 0 Comments
CAP refers to the recent claim by the Penang Ex-Co for housing and local government YB Jagdeep Singh Deo that the renovation packages are voluntary. Responding to recent complaints, he retorted that "if the buyer wants an empty unit, with absolutely nothing, and wants to take his own mattress and one pillow to go and sleep there, then the developer must sell it to them at either RM42,000 or...
Read More

COURT DECISION ON GRANITO PROJECT MUST BE REVIEWED

admin October 21, 2019 0 Comments
The Tanjung Bungah Residents Association (TBRA) calls on the Attorney General (AG) to review and file an appeal over the decision of the Sessions Court in Penang yesterday, where the consultant engineer and the engineering firm involved in the fatal landslide tragedy in Tanjung Bungah in October 2017 were each fined RM40,000. According to media reports, the consultant engineer, Khoo Koon Tai, and...
Read More

Abandon the cable car project and improve housing for the poor

admin October 18, 2019 0 Comments
Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the Penang State Government not to build a cable car connecting Botanical Gardens to the Penang Hill summit as it will have serious consequences for our environment and health. The well-being of the people and the integrity of our environment should not be sacrificed at the altar of tourist dollars. The provision of a cable car would lead to the...
Read More

“How Much is Hidden? Pay for Elites in Government Linked Entities (GLE’s)”

admin October 18, 2019 0 Comments
There is an urgent need for greater transparency in the disclosure of pay levels and practices for the directors of government-linked entities (GLEs), stresses a new book published by the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP). The book, How Much Is Hidden?: Pay for Elites in Government-Linked Entities, issues this call amid public concern over the substandard performance of some GLEs and...
Read More