2019 – Page 9 – Consumers Association Penang

Scaling down PSR with federal funding for PTMP is not the answer – Call to scrap PSR and review the PTMP – says SAM

admin July 26, 2019 0 Comments

Scaling down the Penang South Reclamation (PSR) project if there is federal funding for the PTMP components such as the Bayan-Lepas Light Rail Transit (LRT) and the Pan Island Link (PIL 1) will not solve the fundamental problems posed by both PSR and the PTMP. It was reported in the media yesterday that following a meeting with the PKR President Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and the Chief Minister of...

MUD FLOWS IN BAYAN BARU: SAM CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION

admin July 25, 2019 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) has urged the Penang state government to investigate and take immediate action to address the recurrent problem of mud-flows in Bayan Baru. SAM regrets that although the problem of mud-flows here has been occurring for more than 10 years till now no effective action has been taken. Recently on 24 July 2019, thousands of road users and businesses in...

Who is the manipulator? – CAP asks CM Chow Kon Yeow

admin July 25, 2019 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is unable to comprehend the statement by Penang CM Chow Kon Yeow that there were “certain people” manipulating information on the Light Rail Transit (LRT) project and the Penang South Reclamation for their own benefit, as reported in a daily dated 24 July 2019. Chow had stated that the Penang government is not hiding any information and urged...

Consumer Credit Act: Sooner is even better

admin July 24, 2019 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is pleased to know that our Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has stated that the tabling of the Consumer Credit Act will be expedited to this year. Last month when the BNM Governor, Datuk Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus, had stated that a Consumer Credit Act could finally be part of our Malaysian legislation starting sometime next year we welcomed it...

Boba milk tea: A bubble of health concerns

admin July 23, 2019 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang cautions the people to refrain from drinking the boba milk tea which is also known as bubble tea or boba juice for health reasons. A study conducted by the Temasek Polytechnic in Singapore found that a 500ml cup of brown sugar boba milk tea can contains about 92g of sugar. This is about three times as much sugar as in a 320ml can of Coca Cola. Forty-three...

54 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND NGOs OPPOSE GENETICALLY MODIFIED MR219 RICE FIELD TESTS

admin July 22, 2019 0 Comments

Referring to the announcement on the Ministry of Water, Land and Natural Resources (KATS) website, the National Biosafety Board (LBK), is evaluating an application from the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) to conduct a confined field trial on genetically modified rice (GM rice) that is tolerant to glyphosate and resistant to paddy diseases caused by bacteria and...

Large monoculture plantations continue to threaten the NCR and forests in Sarawak

admin July 21, 2019 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) would like to announce the launch of our publication – ‘The Land We Lost – Native customary rights and monoculture plantations in Sarawak’, the outcome of our research on how large pulp and paper, timber tree and oil palm plantations have caused deforestation, river pollution and the violations of native customary rights (NCR) in Sarawak. This publication...

No to False Solutions to Deal With Unrecyclable Plastic Waste

admin July 19, 2019 0 Comments

The global plastic dumping under the name of recycling and trade has become epidemic with severe consequences. Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is gravely concerned that the Malaysian government is resolving the deluge of imported plastic waste that cannot be recycled by "burning" these wastes. The Housing and Local Government Ministry was quoted stating that they are looking into the possibility of...

CAP: Sugar Tax should cover all High-Sugar Foods

admin July 18, 2019 0 Comments

The Consumers Association of Penang supports the call made by the Finance Minister that beverage manufacturers should lower the sugar content in their products to avoid paying sugar tax. However, in their pursuit to lower the sugar content, beverage manufacturers should not be allowed to use substitutes which are more dangerous than sugar, for example the use of non nutritive sweeteners such as...

Vape in the guise of a watch: Government agencies and teachers should get cracking

admin July 17, 2019 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is urging the relevant authorities such as the Ministry of Health (MoH), the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP), the Royal Customs and Excise Department, the Energy Commission (EC), and in particular school disciplinary teachers to check on e-cigarettes in the guise of a functional watch. This device functions like a normal watch...

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