2020 – Page 27 – Consumers Association Penang

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Malaysians need to take the Movement Control Order seriously

admin March 20, 2020 0 Comments

Malaysia is now in its second day of the 2020 Malaysia Movement Control Order. Considering the gravity of the situation, we expected to see abandoned malls, vacant hawker centres and empty sidewalks. Instead we saw people out and about as usual, going on strolls with their dogs and babies, and dining in for breakfast, lunch and dinner. So far Malaysia has 790 confirmed Covid – 19 cases and 2...

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FISHERS IN SUNGAI KERIAN, NIBONG TEBAL, PENANG CONCERNED OF PRESENCE OF “KENKA” BOATS

Admin March 18, 2020 0 Comments

It is well known that river lobsters are the main catch for 200 to 300 riverine fishers in the Kerian River in Nibong Tebal regardless whether they are full time or part-time fishers. Their daily income and catch depend on the harvest from the river but at present their income seems to have been plundered and threatened by irresponsible parties. Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and Komuniti Nelayan...

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Emergency economic measures for Malaysia

admin March 13, 2020 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls upon the government to take measures in helping the people cope with the current economic situation, worsened by the current Covid-19 epidemic. It was announced by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March that Covid-19 can be “characterized as a pandemic”. The epidemic raging on in more than 110 countries and territories, with the...

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Government should control supply and subsidise facemask prices

admin March 13, 2020 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) views the current Covid-19 epidemic situation with concern as, until 10 March, the virus has infected 116,345 victims worldwide. Moreover, Covid-19 negatively impacted on the availability and the cost of many pharmaceutical and medical products (facemasks included) since China was a major producer and exporter. We urge the government to review the...

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Malaysia fails at worksite safety once again

admin March 13, 2020 0 Comments

On March 5th two Bangladeshi workers were killed at a housing project construction site in Mentakab, Temerloh when they were buried by huge piles of soil that had been collected on the edge of the pits, as they were installing sewerage pipes. Reports further state that when the two workers were carrying out their work in an estimated 6 metre pit, there were two machines close to the pit being...

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Chemicals in food packaging: a global health threat

admin March 13, 2020 0 Comments

Environment groups in Asia Pacific call on policy makers to beef up single-use plastics ban; phase-out toxic chemicals from food packaging; and mandate safe, reusable alternatives Australia/India/Malaysia/Nepal/Philippines -- Close to 200 environmental and public health organizations led by the UNWRAPPED Project (UPSTREAM, Zero Waste Europe, and GAIA) released a Call to Action in response to a...

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Healthcare rights for undocumented people to protect the rakyat

admin March 13, 2020 0 Comments

Malaysia has seen only 36 COVID-19 cases and most of them have recovered; and this gives us a sense of security, a feeling that we will be fine even though the spread of the COVID-19 virus beyond China seems to be getting worse. However, there is a very crucial weakness in our system that has not been addressed and could yet cause an outbreak in our country. This weakness arises from a few...

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Councils should tackle perennial car parking woes

admin March 13, 2020 0 Comments

Penangites have been facing the perennial problem of finding public car parking spaces in commercial areas as many of them are taken up by office workers for long periods of time, usually more than eight hours. The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the City Councils of Penang Island (MBPP) and Seberang Perai (MBSP) to introduce Regulations to limit the hours one can park in a...

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SAM echoes Royal call for protection of forests and trees in Malaysia

Admin March 5, 2020 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) echoes the recent call by His Royal Highness, Sultan Nazrin Shah of Perak, on the need to protect forests and trees. According to media reports, Sultan Nazrin had said that “trees and forests were no longer appreciated, as they both were increasingly seen as commercial produce for timber, while forests were seen as land for commercial farming that resulted in rampant...

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Misery to animals brought on by the zodiac animal signs

admin March 2, 2020 0 Comments

With each Chinese New Year welcoming a particular animal in the zodiac, each bringing with them their own good fortune and strengths, pet shops and petting farms go all out to import the animals associated with the zodiac animal signs of that year. In this year of the rat, a petting zoo farm is drawing in the crowd with its import of foreign breeds in the rodent family such as the...

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