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Month: March 2024

Month: March 2024

Consumers’ Association of Penang Calls for Action on International Day of Zero Waste

Lai Cheng March 30, 2024 0 Comments
In conjunction with the International Day of Zero Waste on March 30, 2024, the Consumers’ Association of Penang urges everyone to embrace the path to zero waste.  A zero-waste approach rooted in social and environmental justice is an affordable and effective way to reduce climate emissions, build resilient local economies, and increase community well-being. The goal of the International Day...
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ENERGY CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Lai Cheng March 29, 2024 0 Comments
CAP Creates “Energy Monitor” Badges for Schools’ Climate Action Activities CAP’s energy conservation and efficiency project is now taking off directly in schools. We have prepared “Energy Monitor” badges for schools to give out to class monitors in charge of overseeing their school’s electricity-saving activities. We recently handed these badges over to two schools – SMK Datuk...
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National Poison Centre calls for control measures after recording five-fold hike in e-cigarette poisoning

Lai Cheng March 29, 2024 0 Comments
The National Poison Centre (NPC) of Universiti Sains Malaysia has recorded a five-fold increase in poisoning cases due to electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) exposure last year. The NPC drug and poison information services chief pharmacist Sulastri Samsudin said there was an increase of 30.6 per cent last year compared to 2019. She said there was also a change in trend where more teenagers...
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Fads are a debt trap for the youth

Lai Cheng March 26, 2024 0 Comments
Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) calls on Malaysians to face the reality of the global economic downturn in the midst of geopolitical uncertainties. Overspending has driven our youth to the brink of bankruptcy through an unsustainable lifestyle of spending as much as they have and using credit cards when the money runs out. The statistics of youths in debt are shocking. Last year’s UCSI...
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Publish the A-GC’s advice that the Generational End Game (GEG) provision is unconstitutional

Lai Cheng March 25, 2024 0 Comments
The Health Minister stated in Parliament last Wednesday that the GEG component of the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Bill 2024 (Tobacco Bill) was dropped on the advice of the Attorney General’s Chambers (A-GC) and not as a result of tobacco industry players lobbying MPs in Parliament. The A-GC’s advice was revealed only on the day the Bill was passed, justifying the GEG...
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