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Month: August 2022

Month: August 2022

Bankruptcy: Tip Of The Iceberg

Lai Cheng August 15, 2022 0 Comments
The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) is concerned about the January to April 2022 bankruptcy statistics revealed recently are just the tip of the iceberg because of the Insolvency (Amendment) Act 2020 that took effect on 1 September 2021. With the amendment, a creditor may file for bankruptcy action against the debtor if the debt amounts to RM100,000. The bankruptcy threshold was RM50,000...
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Free Caged Minds And Stop Building More Zoos

Lai Cheng August 12, 2022 0 Comments
The Consumer Association of Penang (CAP) would like to voice its concerns over a new zoo being built on 20.2-hectare land in Iskandar Puteri, Johor. The objective of having a  zoo is generally as a crowd puller.  The idea of zoos as tourist attractions should be discarded as many of these animal establishments are totally ignorant about proper care for wildlife, leaving the animals to suffer...
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 COOKING OIL SOLD ABOVE THE SELLING PRICE

Lai Cheng August 12, 2022 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang calls upon the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) to take immediate action against traders selling bottled cooking oil at a rate above the ceiling price set by the government on 8 August 2022. There are traders who are already selling bottled cooking oil at a set price. However, our recent survey shows that some traders are still...
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GARDENING KEEPS YOU FIT

Lai Cheng August 10, 2022 0 Comments
Want to stay in shape? Forget the gym. Head to the garden. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, gardening qualifies as exercise. Besides keeping you physically fit, gardening promotes relaxation, reduces stress and improves mental health. Gardening provides all 3 types of exercise: endurance, flexibility, and strength. It maintains mobility and encourages use of all...
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BAN ARTIFICIAL GRASS: It’s Harmful to Health, Bad for the Environment

Lai Cheng August 9, 2022 0 Comments
The Consumers Association of Penang calls on the authorities to ban artificial grass as it is bad for the environment and can be harmful to health.  Plastic grass is a rapidly growing trend with a US$2.4 billion global market. In Malaysia it is commonly used in the compounds of homes, buildings and public recreational areas. But there is a lack of awareness of its risks. Artificial grass...
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IS YOUR HANDPHONE DESTROYING YOUR FAMILY LIFE?

Lai Cheng August 8, 2022 0 Comments
Many families today are spending more time “alone together” – they make less eye contact and have less face-to-face communication as they prefer to look at their handphones instead of at one another, even at the dining table. There’s a word to describe this unhealthy practice – phubbing. Phubbing (coined from the words “phone” and “snubbing”) means paying attention to your...
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17 SIDE EFFECTS OF EATING FAST FOOD

Lai Cheng August 8, 2022 0 Comments
Fast food is highly processed and contains large amounts of carbohydrates, added sugar, unhealthy fats, and sodium. When fast food frequently replaces nutritious whole foods in your diet, it can lead to all sorts of bad health outcomes. Here are 17 serious side effects of a fast-food diet — all of which can happen to your body in a relatively short amount of time. You'll be lethargic. Your...
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CAP: Improve our Public Health System

Lai Cheng August 5, 2022 0 Comments
The Consumers Association of Penang calls upon the Ministry of Health to improve our public health system in view of the threats from five communicable diseases (Covid- 19, Hand Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD), Monkey Pox, Influenza and Marburg)which are presently affecting a large section of the global population. Malaysia has also not been spared as some of these communicable diseases are also...
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MANUFACTURING ILLNESS?

Lai Cheng August 5, 2022 0 Comments
“People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry which pays no attention to food.” ~ Farmer & activist Wendell Berry Big Food and Big Pharma (the pharmaceutical industry) are closely intertwined, it has been said. Sponsorship by Big Food influences dietary guidelines while Big Pharma’s influence has been proven to alter...
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