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Month: October 2021

CULTIVATING A SHARING COMMUNITY

As part of the global Green Action Week campaign to promote sustainable consumption, on 9 October 2021 CAP conducted an online sharing event, “Learn How to Grow Herbs & Simple Ways of Using Herbs in Daily Cuisine”. During the event, women shared their urban gardening ventures, and youths shared tips on how to make herbal drinks, grow mung bean sprouts, and create flower pots from coconut...
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CAP: Expedite Regulatory Action to Eliminate Lead in Paints

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognized 24–30 October 2021, as the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week to raise awareness and promote actions to address the health impacts of lead exposure, especially on children, pregnant women and workers. In conjunction with this occasion, the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the Malaysian government to expedite regulatory...
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CAP calls on Malaysian Government to enshrine the Right to a Clean and Sustainable Environment in our Constitution

When the world is facing an existential crisis – with the masses facing poor access to clean air, clean water, and a safe and clean place to live; and in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic and the climate change crisis – the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) lauds the UN Human Rights Panel for recognising the right to a clean and sustainable environment as a basic human right. This...
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Set up RCI to investigate financial outflows to secret accounts in tax havens

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) welcomes the assurance given by the Prime Minister that the government will not interfere with the investigations by enforcement agencies into the secret accounts in tax havens operated by Malaysians, as revealed in the Pandora Papers. We also reiterate our call made eight months ago that the government set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to...
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