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Month: August 2021

Month: August 2021

Degazetting of KLNFR highly irresponsible

Admin August 31, 2021 0 Comments
Only a few hours ago, SAM sadly learnt that the Selangor state government has decided to continue with its proposal to degazette the Kuala Langat North Forest Reserve (KLNFR) to make way for commercial development on what is now one of the last remaining peat forests in the south of Selangor. We are extremely outraged by this. At a time when we are facing a climate crisis, the Selangor...
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The 64th Merdeka Anniversary: Celebrate with a Mindset Reset

Admin August 30, 2021 0 Comments
As we celebrate the 64th anniversary of Merdeka – the seminal event that marked our breakaway from colonial rule and the creation of our nation-state – we should reflect on the core element that has shaped our identity and destiny as Malaysia. That key element or primal substance is none other than our diversity. Our nation would not exist if the diverse communities and political entities...
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 Success at COP 26 requires urgent action on climate change – not false promises

Admin August 26, 2021 0 Comments
  Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) refers to letter of the British High Commissioner to Malaysia, H.E Charles Hay (published on 24 Aug) entitled “Working together on climate crisis”. We agree with the ambassador that governments “can only rise to the challenge of the climate crisis by working together and through commitment to a genuine global transformation”. However, having been...
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Stop the Bottled Water Scam: It is Destroying Our Environment and May Be Unsafe

Admin August 26, 2021 0 Comments
In 2019, the sales value of bottled water in Malaysia was approximately RM698.45 mil, meaning that Malaysians spent that enormous sum that year for an advertised promise of safer, purer and healthier water. But in reality plastic bottled water may not be safer, purer or healthier – it can be toxic, contaminated and harmful, and is a huge threat to the environment. Hundreds of recalls of...
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CAP: Don’t be duped by fake meat

Admin August 24, 2021 0 Comments
Lately Malaysians are being gobbled up by a meaty scandal. Many are rightfully livid, demanding justice be meted out to the unethical individuals who have been feeding Malaysians fake Halal meat that are not be Halal or  may have been mixed with diseased kangaroo and horse meat. But what is coming in the pipeline is even more shocking. Impossible Foods, the US-based fake meat maker that uses...
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Help Ban Lead in Paints

Admin August 24, 2021 0 Comments
The Department of Standards Malaysia is currently soliciting public comments on the draft Malaysian Standard for Undercoating Paint for Gloss Enamel - Specification (Second Revision).  Among the specifications is that the ingredients used in the paint formulation shall not contain lead. We need legally binding controls on lead in all paints as lead is toxic and there is no safe level of lead...
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Do not forward videos with racist and seditious messages, report them

Admin August 23, 2021 0 Comments
With all the political turmoil our country has been going through, trolls as well as downright malicious people, have been creating and spreading questionable videos on social media and handphone messaging apps such as WhatsApp. These videos that are going around have hateful messages and clearly portray seditious and racist sentiments. The Consumers’ Association of Penang had recently...
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The world is indeed only a small tide pool; disturb one part and the rest is threatened.

Admin August 20, 2021 0 Comments
"Pathology is a relatively easy thing to discuss, health is very difficult. This, of course, is one of the reasons why there is such a thing as the sacred, and why the sacred is difficult to talk about, because the sacred is peculiarly related to the healthy. One does not like to disturb the sacred, for in general, to talk about something changes it, and perhaps will turn it into a pathology."...
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Nature’s wrath: The tragic floods in Yan

Admin August 19, 2021 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) are distraught to hear that three victims have been found dead in several locations around Gunung Jerai in Yan after yesterday’s floods. The floods and landslides were reported to be triggered by upstream water rush phenomenon at the waterfall area near Gunung Jerai.  The affected residents here...
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