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Year: 2020

When possession becomes a BURDEN

Picture shows a quote by Laurens van der Post who was an advisor to the British Royal family. The Bushmen of South Africa have no sense of possession. "To label them poor, completely misses the point. For Bushmen living in their natural environment, do not feel in any way deprived by their lack of material goods. Their priorities are simply quite different".-- The Way: An Ecological World-view...
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Poor & Rich or Rich & Dead?

This story was told by Sir John Kotelawala to Dr Ariyaratme, founder of the Sarvodaya Movement, in "Bhava Thanha: An Autobigraphy, Vol 1, by A. T. Ariyaratne."In a certain country a young couple lived in a mud hut built on the periphery of a jungle.They would get up in the morning, find something to eat, pack their lunches and enter the forest, carrying a knife, axe and coir rope. All day they...
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1 in 3 Malaysians above 30 has hypertension

High blood pressure can lead to heart attack, stroke, diabetes, kidney failure and other diseases. Sugar may be as big a villain as salt in raising blood pressure. The typical modern diet, packed with both salt and sugar, is worst of all, says Dr Harry G Pruess of Georgetown University Medical School in USA. In animal studies, he finds salt and sugar together boost blood pressure more than...
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Misleading and addicting football supporters is unethical

It is completely outrageous for the Selangor Football Association, Red Giants Team Card, to turn to Vape Empire Distribution for sponsorship. The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) finds that such sponsorship a blatant act to sabotage the government’s effort to curb nicotine addiction and questions what a hazardous cocktail of chemicals such as those found in vape to do with a healthy...
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Cancel the Proposed Aquaculture Project in Pandak Putih, Kuala Kurau, Kerian District, Perak

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urges the Perak State Government, Kerian District and Land Office, Perak State Fisheries Department, Kerian District Fisheries Office, the local authority, Department of Irrigation and Drainage and all other relevant authorities take into serious account the interest of the local community following the development of an aquaculture project in Kampung Pandak...
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Ferry commuters inconvenienced because of Rapid Ferry incompetence

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is shocked by how Rapid Ferry is operated, without alerting the public of a schedule change to one-trip-an-hour from two-trips-an-hour previously. It grossly lacked foresight and planning, causing inconvenience to motorists and pedestrian commuters taking the ferry. We cannot comprehend how an entire fleet of six ferries between Penang Island and...
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Rose Perfume

That rose scent may be concocted from any number of the fragrance industry’s 3,100 stock chemical ingredients. Modern fragrances are chemical concoctions. For perfumes to be affordable, real flower essences are replaced with synthetic fragrances which are loaded with chemicals, many of which are toxic to health. The chemical components in fragrance can be lumped together and labelled only as...
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Sugar Feeds Cancer

The affinity of cancerous tissue for sugar is well known. Studies have shown that: > Those who consume fizzy drinks and syrup-based (squash) drinks twice or more times a day run a 90% higher risk of developing pancreatic cancer than those who never consume them. > Women with high blood sugar (hyperglycaemia) are more likely to develop cancers, even if they don't have diabetes. People with...
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Have Patience

It is only natural that everything needs time. A plant needs to be seeded, nurtured and grown before the fruits can be picked. An egg needs to be hatched. You cannot smash it and get the chick out. Similarly with people, the person has to be ready before he/she can receive a message. He/she has to have the experience or maturity to get it Like a plant, a person has to be nurtured from a baby to...
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