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Month: June 2020

Month: June 2020

Gandhi’s Life Mission

admin June 4, 2020 0 Comments
"Hind Swaraj" or “Indian Home Rule” was written in 1910 in 10 days on board a ship when Gandhi returned from England to South Africa. That was before he left South Africa for India. The book was mentioned by M. Chatterjee as “a very basic document for the study of Gandhi’s thought”. It is Gandhi's seminal work. Gandhi felt that “modern civilisation” posed a greater threat than...
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WHY IS JELLY CANDY STILL BEING SOLD?

admin June 3, 2020 0 Comments
CAP is concerned about the four-year-old boy who died after choking on a piece of jelly candy in his house in Kampung Batu Manikar, Labuan, on 20 May. In 2004, we had called for an immediate ban on this type of sweet from the market as it posed as a choking hazard. This boy could have been alive today if immediate action to permanently remove these products from the market had been put...
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Towards mercury-free dentistry in Malaysia

admin June 2, 2020 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) urges the federal government to expedite legislation to eliminate the use of dental amalgam. Due to growing concern regarding impacts of mercury, governments had negotiated a legally binding instrument on mercury, and the text of the Minamata Convention on Mercury was completed and adopted in 2013. Malaysia is a signatory to the...
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STOP UNETHICAL PRACTICES BY PRIVATE HOSPITALS

admin June 1, 2020 0 Comments
Do private hospitals not have any corporate social responsibility towards their patients and the public, especially during times of emergency, or are such periods/ occasions just another business opportunities to make more money? A private hospital in KL was recently fined RM200,000.00 by the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs for charging RM11.20  for face masks that are...
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