August 17, 2020 – Consumers Association Penang

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We are in a pandemic, ban medical tourism!

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The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is appalled by the news that the Penang state was going to allow medical tourism once more despite the increase in Covid-19 cases in Penang and the emergence of various Covid-19clusters in our neighbouring states. It was reported that an Air Asia flight arrived last week, bringing medical tourists from Medan, Indonesia to Penang for treatment. This...

WORST INVENTION?

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We all clamour for our dream car? A dream turning into a nightmare. Planners and traffic engineers plan our cities to the needs of the private cars. Roads, highways, carparks... their needs become public and subsidised while people cannot house themselves. We are subsidising the rich. We are willing to breathe in the fumes as the cars become the main source of pollution in our cities. The cars...

2,871-lb MACHINE to carry a 200-lb MAN

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You are using a 2,871-lb (average weight of car) machine to carry a 200-lb man. Is that not ridiculous? The bigger the car, the more ridiculous. "Man on a bicycle can go 3 or 4 times faster than the pedestrian, but uses 5 times less energy in the process. He carries 1 gram of his weight over 1 km of flat road at an expense of only 0.15 calories. The bicycle is the perfect transducer to match...

Consumers Association Penang

Day: August 17, 2020

Day: August 17, 2020

We are in a pandemic, ban medical tourism!

WORST INVENTION?

2,871-lb MACHINE to carry a 200-lb MAN