2019 – Page 6 – Consumers Association Penang

ILLEGAL QUARRY IN TELUK BAHANG SHOWS GROSS NEGLIGENCE BY GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES

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Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is shocked to learn from media reports that an illegal granite quarry has been carrying out its activities despite the authorities knowing of its operations since 2016. According to media reports today (in the Star), the state government has known about the illegal quarry since its expose in May 2016. Further, it has been reported that the Penang Island City Council...

CAP: Pay Attention To Areas In The Shadows of Broadband Internet

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There has been much hype by the authorities recently about the roll out of 5G trial runs in October, while the vast majority of people are still struggling with slow speed and connectivity problems. Consumers’ Association of Penang, (CAP) calls upon the authorities to fix the problems in areas that are in the shadows of broadband Internet, where there are no fibre optic cables and broadband...

Extra profit for banks from unfair policies

Admin September 24, 2019 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang is completely against banks attempting to profit more than they already do from implementing unfair policies. We are against the RM0.50 CRM (cash recycling machine) and CQM (cheque deposit machine) transaction fee and the RM2.00 for counter transactions fee. It has been reported that certain banks have announced beginning 1st October 2019 they will be...

The need for a leading Cardiothoracic Surgery Centre for the Northern Region

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The Consumers Association of Penang appeals to the Ministry of Health to upgrade the Penang General Hospital to make it the leading centre for Cardiothoracic Surgery for the Northern region. The department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Penang General Hospital has been operational since 1995 and provides critical care and treatment to thousands of patients from the Northern region. It has...

PENANG’S LOW-COST HOUSING SCAM

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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...

Police involvement in protecting wildlife is much needed

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Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) commends the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Datuk Seri Abdul Hamid Bador for his duty of care and national responsibility towards the protection of our nation’s wildlife. He has made positive statements to combat the smuggling and trafficking scourge with the mobilisation of air, marine and land units to assist the Wildlife Department in thwarting wildlife...

ASEAN must step up action to halt Indonesian forest fires

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Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) welcomes the move by the Malaysian Prime Minister in reaching out to his Indonesian counterpart in addressing the increasing transboundary haze problem which is seriously affecting Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Indonesia. We sincerely hope that urgent measures will be taken by the Indonesian authorities to halt the forest fires stemming from Indonesia, as monitoring...

Losing sharks and rays will have unintended consequences

Admin September 12, 2019 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is devastated to learn that Malaysia had voted against the protection of shark species at risk of extinction. The fate of the world’s sharks is in the hands of the top 20 shark catchers, Malaysia included, many of whom have failed to demonstrate what they are doing to save these imperiled species. They need to take action to stop the decline in shark populations...

COURT DECISION ON GRANITO PROJECT MUST BE REVIEWED

Admin September 12, 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...

CAP Decries the Institutional Blindness to Poverty and Calls for Urgent RCI

Admin September 11, 2019 0 Comments

CAP is pleased to note that senior parliamentarian YB Lim Kit Siang has supported CAP’s call on 3 September 2019 for a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to be formed to address the poverty scandal highlighted by UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Professor Philip Alston. Ever since Professor Alston’s expose that our poverty rate is a shocking 15% or higher, information...

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