2022 – Page 14 – Consumers Association Penang

Let Lemon Law Include New Vehicles As Well

Lai Cheng September 23, 2022 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) lauds the recent announcement by the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry (KPDNHEP) that it is looking into efforts to improve laws related to the sale and purchase of used vehicles. However, we urge KPDNHEP to extend Lemon Law to new cars as well as they can be lemons too. Lemon Law is a remedy for purchasers of consumer products,...

CAP: Muslims should respect fatwa on smoking

Lai Cheng September 13, 2022 0 Comments

The Consumers Association of Penang calls on Muslims in Malaysia to respect the Islamic ruling, or fatwa pronounced more than 20 years ago prohibiting smoking cigarettes, which is in line with Islamic teachings that encourage Muslims not to harm themselves and other people. Issuing fatwas against smoking tobacco began on March 23 1995 when the Fatwa Committee of the National Council for...

More Reasons why GEG Has to be Supported

Lai Cheng September 7, 2022 0 Comments

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) urges members of the Special Select Committee and parliamentarians (MPs) to seriously consider if Malaysia advocates the production of generations of nicotine addicts. They have the responsibility to protect the greater interests of the population by supporting the Generational End Game (GEG) rather than those with vested business interests. According to...

Stop the proposed mining and beneficiation of lanthanide element ion-adsorption deposit in Mukim Kenering, Hulu Perak, Perak

Lai Cheng September 5, 2022 0 Comments

The pilot project for the proposed mining and beneficiation of lanthanide element ion-adsorption deposit on a total area of about 5,339 acres (2,161) Ha in Mukim Kenering, Daerah Hulu Perak, Perak Darul Ridzuan is set to start very soon. The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report was available for public review in August 2021 and it was approved on 11 May 2022 despite its serious flaws. As...

Bring those involved in wildlife trafficking to justice!

Lai Cheng August 30, 2022 0 Comments

The Consumer Association of Penang (CAP) lauds the USD18 million (RM80 million) seizure on 10 July 2022 by the Royal Malaysian Customs Department for its biggest seizures of elephant tusks, rhino horns, pangolins and a variety of other threatened animal parts. It is said to be the largest haul in the nation’s history. While the seizure is significant, this recent event is not the first as...

Crack the Whip on Food Waste

Lai Cheng August 29, 2022 0 Comments

CAP calls on the authorities to come out with urgent solutions to address the enormous food wastage problem that has been dogging the country for many years. Wasting food has direct impacts not only on people locally, but also globally where hundreds of millions of people now have no food to eat every day. The World Food Programme (WFP) recently warned that as many as 828 million people go to...

NATURE HEALS, SOOTHES & RESTORES

Lai Cheng August 26, 2022 0 Comments

Being in nature, or even viewing scenes of nature, reduces anger, fear, and stress and increases pleasant feelings. Exposure to nature not only makes you feel better emotionally, it contributes to your physical wellbeing, reducing blood pressure, heart rate, muscle tension, and the production of stress hormones. It may even reduce mortality, according to scientists. Nature helps us cope with...

Govt is helping EPF to dig a deeper financial hole

Lai Cheng August 24, 2022 0 Comments

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) had cautioned about the government several times about allowing the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) members to withdraw their savings through i-Lestari and i-Sinar in 2020, i-Citra in July 2021, and a special withdrawal in March 2022. However, it fell on deaf ears. EPF funds are meant for its members’ retirement and not for them to withdraw to tide over...

MOMILA BEAUTY WHITENING CREAM BANNED

Lai Cheng August 24, 2022 0 Comments

The Health Ministry's National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency has banned Momila Beauty Whitening Cream, which contains mercury that can be harmful to health. "The mercury can be absorbed into the body and cause damage to the kidney and nervous system. It can also disrupt the brain development of young or unborn children, besides causing rashes, irritation and other changes to the skin," says...

DON’T FALL INTO THE BEAUTY TRAP

Lai Cheng August 23, 2022 0 Comments

by Afiqah Sumayyah Women and girls are being given the wrong message about beauty. Beauty today is associated with one’s body shape, weight, height and facial proportion, and relies entirely on marketers’ idea of what it means to be beautiful. This definition of beauty by advertisements and social media has created unhealthy expectations in society today. As a result, billions of people are...

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