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Month: April 2020

Month: April 2020

ALERT: Incinerator proposed in Jeram, Kuala Selangor

admin April 30, 2020 0 Comments
Gabungan Anti-Insinerator Kebangsaan (GAIK) would like to alert the public that an incinerator plant is being proposed at the Jeram Integrated Solid Waste Management Centre in Mukim Jeram, District of Kuala Selangor, Selangor.  The proposed project is a 1,200 ton per day capacity moving grate incinerator located next to the existing Jeram Sanitary Landfill, and touted as a waste-to-energy plant....
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The government needs to recognise refugee rights

admin April 29, 2020 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is appalled by the inhumane suggestion by some parties that Malaysia should bar as well as evict Rohingya refugees in our country. These people have escaped their country because they fear for their lives and if we turn them away it is as good as condemning them to death. There are citizens, certain NGOs and even politicians who are against the...
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State Authorities Should be Stringent in Curbing Illegal Activities in Permanent Reserved Forests and State Land

admin April 28, 2020 0 Comments
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urges the Kelantan State Authority to take stringent action to curb encroachment and illegal exploration activities for mining purposes in the Permanent Reserved Forests (PRF) and state land especially during the movement control order (MCO). Although Malaysia is still implementing the MCO, the State Authority should direct the relevant agencies to take proactive...
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Government must be prudent regarding EPF withdrawal

admin April 28, 2020 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) expresses its support for a recent statement made by the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) chief executive officer Tunku Alizakri Alias reminding the contributors that their savings “are for the future” and should not be withdrawn. He pointed out that 71.4 per cent of the self-employed have less than one month’s worth of savings while 82.7 per cent...
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Carlsberg Malaysia should not include any advertisements during their disinfecting campaign in schools

admin April 24, 2020 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) would like to relay the mixed feelings we have about the news that Carlsberg Malaysia, through its Safer Schools campaign, is sponsoring disinfection services for 680 vernacular schools in the Covid-19 red zones as well as donating handheld thermometers to all eligible vernacular schools. In this time of uncertainty, it is imperative that big...
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RETHINK DEVELOPMENT PARADIGM IN AVERTING FUTURE CRISES DUE TO ENVIRONMENTAL MISMANAGEMENT

admin April 22, 2020 0 Comments
It is Earth Day on April 22.  It is a day to remember Mother Earth and how we treat her. This time, Earth Day is happening during the time of COVID-19, when the world economy has been put on brakes, with lockdowns in place to counter the devastating health impacts of the pandemic. It is also a time when greenhouse gas emissions and pollution levels have come down world over, which have not been...
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Use of bear bile in COVID-19 treatment should be stopped

admin April 21, 2020 0 Comments
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is gravely concerned to learn that the National Health Commission of China has recommended the use of bear bile in the treatment of severe and critical cases of COVID-19.   This move is a blow to conservationists worldwide, as on Feb 24th this year, China declared an immediate and comprehensive ban on the trade in wildlife and the sale of wild animals for food,...
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Companies must pay for Covid-19 screening

admin April 20, 2020 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) finds it shocking that the Social Security Organisation (Socso) had agreed to bear Covid-19 screening fee for all employees who had to work during the current Movement Control Order (MCO). The International Trade and Industry (Miti) Minister Datuk Seri Azmin Ali had recently announced that employees from companies permitted to operate during the...
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Telcos need to be more lenient with their customers during the MCO

admin April 18, 2020 0 Comments
Malaysia is now in the third phase of the Movement Control Order (MCO) and many of us have been cooped up in our homes for a little over five weeks not only working, video conferencing and learning but also shopping and entertaining ourselves over the internet. At times like this the internet and phone line, hence our telco services, have become a critical essential. However, The Consumers’...
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