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Month: August 2020

Month: August 2020

DAVID BEATS GOLIATH

admin August 28, 2020 0 Comments
  Many studies have proven that bicycles are faster than cars in the modern grid-locked cities. It's even much faster when combined with good public transport. In New York, transportation by bike+public transport is faster than transportation by car for over 90% of trips under 5 kilometers in distance. And in cities like Beijing and Shanghai, bike usage is going up again. It has doubled in...
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We are in a Get-Very-Rich-Quick Scheme FOR ONLY 1 PERCENT

admin August 27, 2020 0 Comments
We are talking about the economic, legal, planning and other systems that favour the rich and marginalise the poor. These also include huge development, infrastructural, land reclamation and other projects People and livelihoods are displaced and tribals lose their lands, etc. This has led to so much inequality, suffering and violence. All at the expense of the majority, climate change and the...
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SAM WELCOMES EFFORTS BY KEDAH STATE GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT ULU MUDA FOREST RESERVE

admin August 27, 2020 0 Comments
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) welcomes the efforts by the Kedah State government in seeking RM100 million in compensation from the Federal government for using the Ulu Muda Forest Reserve in Sik as water catchment forests for domestic and agricultural needs. According to media reports, the Kedah Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor had revealed in the Kedah State Assembly that the State government...
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TRADITIONAL OR MODERN SOLUTION?

admin August 27, 2020 0 Comments
Fennel seeds are used traditionally as a breath freshener and digestive aid. They are given out in some Indian restaurants to be chewed after meals. They are also used to flavour meats and sweets in Indian and also Malay cooking. Also called jintan manis in Bahasa Malaysia. Fennel is one of the most effective home remedies in battling bad breath. It has a high concentration of anti-microbes which...
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WHERE VIOLENCE IS CASUAL, NORMAL and CELEBRATED

admin August 27, 2020 0 Comments
"The overwhelming majority of movies shown are American; and many are off the same assembly line as "One False Move". That is to say, they are corrupt; they celebrate violence for the sake of it, and for a buck. They also promote the sexualisation of true violence, the kind that rapes and kills. In "One False Move", one of the psychopaths holds a knife to his girlfriend's throat and she coos at...
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Motorist insensitivity riled up elephant

admin August 26, 2020 0 Comments
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is concerned by a recent incident on the East-West Highway in which a wild elephant stomped on a car bonnet after it was riled by honking from a motorist. Under such circumstances, when encountering an elephant, the Wildlife Department has in the past advised motorists against using high-beam lights and to refrain from honking. However, a motorist through his...
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SAM supports KASA’s proposal to temporarily close pig farms in  Kampung Selamat, Tasek Gelugor

admin August 25, 2020 0 Comments
PENANG: Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) supports the proposal by the Ministry of Environment and Water (KASA) to temporarily close all pig farms operating in Kampung Selamat, Tasek Gelugor. This is the best way forward to solve this endless environmental pollution problem that has affected the residents here as well as the people in the surrounding area for the past four decades. The...
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CAP is sickened by Penang ferry total KO

admin August 24, 2020 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is appalled by the latest consignment of the last of the four ferries in service to the workshop for “technical reasons”, stranding thousands of commuters who depended on the ferry service. It was only end July when five of the ferries were out of order and commuters had to wait for about an hour for the ferry. Commuters had to be shuttled from...
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15-storey Resort and Spa on Fraser’s Hill approved

admin August 24, 2020 0 Comments
RAUB: THE Raub district office has clarified that the construction of the 15-storey Fraser's Hill Resort and Spa, which has upset environmentalists, is above board. The project, they said, was set to proceed according to schedule as it had obtained the go-ahead from the Raub District Council. A source from the district office said there was "nothing unusual" about the project, which received all...
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IF WE ARE HAPPY AND CONTENTED, WE WILL BUY LESS

admin August 24, 2020 0 Comments
So advertisers are there to make you discontented and unhappy so that you will part with your hard-earned money and buy more.They create a world of fantasy where everyone is beautiful and smiling (happy?), things will always work out if you buy their products which will fulfil your need for love, status, power, sex -- all the things that promise happiness, but cause unhappiness. They also prey...
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