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Month: March 2020

Month: March 2020

Allow slaughtering of poultry in wet markets

admin March 30, 2020 0 Comments
The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) urges the Penang Island City Council (MBPP) to allow the slaughtering of poultry in the market as consumers should have a choice between dressed poultry and those that are freshly slaughtered in wet markets. The reasons for doing away with the slaughtering poultry are not good enough because there are ways to circumvent the existing problems than...
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Federal Court should postpone all leave application hearings until the MCO is lifted

admin March 27, 2020 0 Comments
With the imposition of the Movement Control Order (MCO), it has been reported that the Federal Court has said that all leave to appeal applications scheduled to be heard from April 15 to 30 will be decided based only on written submissions, without the presence of lawyers to argue it before a panel of Federal Court Judges. Leave applications at the Federal Court involves deliberation on novel...
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ENCROACHMENT AND ILLEGAL CULTIVATION

admin March 22, 2020 0 Comments
During the period of the Movement Control Order it is highly probable for activities related to forest offences to escalate. Among the activities related to forest offences include entering a Permanent Reserved Forest (PRF) without a permit, and clearing or breaking up any land in the PRF for cultivation or any other purpose. Based on information from the public and referring to...
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Turn Pulau Jerejak into a temporary quarantine centre to address Covid-19 situation

admin March 21, 2020 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) urges the government to consider using Pulau Jerejak as a temporary quarantine centre for the northern region. This is not a frivolous idea since it had been used as a health quarantine centre for immigrants in 1875 and just a five-minute boat ride away from Penang Island. It has the land area, isolation, and because it is about 6 km from the Penang...
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Malaysians need to take the Movement Control Order seriously

admin March 20, 2020 0 Comments
Malaysia is now in its second day of the 2020 Malaysia Movement Control Order. Considering the gravity of the situation, we expected to see abandoned malls, vacant hawker centres and empty sidewalks. Instead we saw people out and about as usual, going on strolls with their dogs and babies, and dining in for breakfast, lunch and dinner. So far Malaysia has 790 confirmed Covid – 19 cases and 2...
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FISHERS IN SUNGAI KERIAN, NIBONG TEBAL, PENANG CONCERNED OF PRESENCE OF “KENKA” BOATS

Admin March 18, 2020 0 Comments
It is well known that river lobsters are the main catch for 200 to 300 riverine fishers in the Kerian River in Nibong Tebal regardless whether they are full time or part-time fishers. Their daily income and catch depend on the harvest from the river but at present their income seems to have been plundered and threatened by irresponsible parties. Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and Komuniti Nelayan...
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Emergency economic measures for Malaysia

admin March 13, 2020 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls upon the government to take measures in helping the people cope with the current economic situation, worsened by the current Covid-19 epidemic. It was announced by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March that Covid-19 can be “characterized as a pandemic”. The epidemic raging on in more than 110 countries and territories, with the...
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Government should control supply and subsidise facemask prices

admin March 13, 2020 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) views the current Covid-19 epidemic situation with concern as, until 10 March, the virus has infected 116,345 victims worldwide. Moreover, Covid-19 negatively impacted on the availability and the cost of many pharmaceutical and medical products (facemasks included) since China was a major producer and exporter. We urge the government to review the...
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Malaysia fails at worksite safety once again

admin March 13, 2020 0 Comments
On March 5th two Bangladeshi workers were killed at a housing project construction site in Mentakab, Temerloh when they were buried by huge piles of soil that had been collected on the edge of the pits, as they were installing sewerage pipes. Reports further state that when the two workers were carrying out their work in an estimated 6 metre pit, there were two machines close to the pit being...
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Chemicals in food packaging: a global health threat

admin March 13, 2020 0 Comments
Environment groups in Asia Pacific call on policy makers to beef up single-use plastics ban; phase-out toxic chemicals from food packaging; and mandate safe, reusable alternatives Australia/India/Malaysia/Nepal/Philippines -- Close to 200 environmental and public health organizations led by the UNWRAPPED Project (UPSTREAM, Zero Waste Europe, and GAIA) released a Call to Action in response to a...
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