March 2022 – Consumers Association Penang

Ramadhan — Avoid waste and practice charity

Admin March 29, 2022 0 Comments

During Ramadhan, for about ten years, CAP has been carrying out campaigns against waste, overindulgence and extravagance which is condemned by Islam and other religions. The campaign was initiated by our late president Allahyarham S.M.Mohammed Idris who was horrified by a large amount of food waste and the extravagant spending of the Muslim elite during this holy month while millions of people...

Fulfill PeSAWAH’s demands to ensure our food sovereignty

Admin March 25, 2022 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urge the Malaysian Government to fulfill the demands of Pertubuhan Persaudaraan Pesawah Malaysia (PeSAWAH) who submitted a memorandum to six members of parliament from various political parties, both government and opposition on 17th March 2022. The memorandum outlined the problems faced by paddy farmers and included...

CAP: Are Covid-19 self-test kits serving their purpose?

Admin March 24, 2022 0 Comments

People have called into the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) expressing concern that saliva test and nasal swab methods for Covid-19 using self-test kits are providing contradicting results. According to them, the nasal swab they did showed that they were Covid-19 positive while the saliva test indicated otherwise (false negative). They tested themselves because they have family members...

Be consistent: Malaysia’s one step forward, one step back in forestry management

Admin March 21, 2022 0 Comments

In conjunction with the International Day of Forests, Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) would like to highlight the importance of being consistent in our efforts on forest protection in this country, both at the federal and state levels. We would like to begin by applauding four important positive developments on forest protection in Malaysia in the last year. First, in September last year, Selangor...

Why TNB should not yield to cryptocurrency miners

Admin March 18, 2022 0 Comments

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) urges Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) to cancel its proposal to supply electricity to cryptocurrency mining operators as it would have a serious adverse impact on the environment, energy use, and conservation. Such a proposal to supply electricity to the miners does not make sense because cryptocurrency mining consumes an enormous amount of electricity....

CAP: Introduce the Halal-Haram Act

Admin March 16, 2022 0 Comments

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the relevant authorities to introduce the Halal Haram Act. The Act will help to ensure that producers act more responsibly in labeling food products as Halal. Presently the burden of proving the Halal status of a product lies on the consumers. For more than 30 years CAP has been calling for the Halal Haram Act. There were several meetings...

Need for State Commission of Inquiry on Ampang landslide tragedy

Admin March 15, 2022 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) calls on the Selangor state government to conduct a Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the Taman Bukit Permai, Ampang landslide tragedy which has claimed four lives and has led to the evacuation of 48 homes in the landslide zone due to safety concerns. In order to prevent a repeat of such tragedies, a COI needs to be conducted to get to the root causes of the landslide,...

SAM welcomes amendments to the National Forestry Act ’84

Admin March 7, 2022 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) welcomes the amendments proposed to the National Forestry Act ’84 which were tabled in Parliament last week. We call on Parliament to expedite the process to pass these changes quickly, so that they become legally effective. This must be followed by all State Governments adopting these amendments soon after, so that they are given legal effect and are enforced...

64 Civil Society Organisations Worldwide Call on 2 Publicly Traded Companies to EXIT MANUFACTURING OF DENTAL AMALGAM

Admin March 3, 2022 0 Comments

64 civil society organisations (CSOs) worldwide, including the Consumers Association of Penang and 14 other groups in the Asia Pacific region, have called on 2 major companies to stop manufacturing dental amalgam, a toxic product containing mercury. In a letter dated 22 February 2022, the 64 CSOs wrote to Australian company Southern Dental Industries (SDI) and Envista Holdings Corporation...

Australia’s ‘trojan horse’ plastics waste policy fuels toxic trade across Asia

Admin March 1, 2022 0 Comments

(Gothenburg, Sweden): The International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) has published a series of studies that reveal how Australia’s new waste policies are driving massive investment in plastic waste-to-fuel processing, and that the country’s exports are threatening waste management in ASEAN countries. This is despite the country announcing it would stop exporting unprocessed wastes...

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Month: March 2022