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Month: July 2024

Month: July 2024

LRT project set to worsen Penang Island’s road congestion

Lai Cheng July 15, 2024 0 Comments
By Rosli Khan The upcoming “Mutiara line” running within Penang Island will not reduce congestion on the first Penang bridge, the source of the island’s traffic woes. There are no two ways about it. The planned introduction of the elevated light rail transit (LRT) project will only worsen traffic congestion on Penang island. Presently, the first Penang bridge accommodates about 10,000 cars...
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Crack down on the sale of illegal pesticide

Lai Cheng July 15, 2024 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the Pesticides Board to immediately crack down on the sale of illegal pesticide in the country. Recently two young boys lost their lives from eating keropok laced with illegal rat poison from China. According to the investigating team from the Ministry of Health they found a packet of rat poison believed to have been placed in a packet of...
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WALK YOUR BACK PAIN AWAY

Lai Cheng July 15, 2024 0 Comments
If you often suffer from back pain, going for a gentle stroll 5 times a week improves the problem, and reduces the chances of it coming back. Low back pain that doesn’t have an obvious cause is a common scourge and around 70% of sufferers will suffer a recurrence within a year – but regular walking seems to be a powerful antidote. Researchers have discovered that people who go for a walk...
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CAP Urges Halt to Year-Round Crocodile Hunting Permits in Sabah

Lai Cheng July 12, 2024 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is concerned over the news regarding the issuance of hunting permits for year-round crocodile hunting in Sabah. Sabah’s population of wild crocodiles have recovered in the state since they were legally protected in 1982. However, a new set of problems has arisen: an increase in human-crocodile conflict. The challenge now is how to sustain what the...
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Fisher folks and NGOs dismayed with outcome of PSR case

Lai Cheng July 11, 2024 0 Comments
The nine Applicants led by Zakaria Ismail and six other fisher folks with Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and Jaringan Ekologi dan Iklim (JEDI) are dismayed and disappointed with the decision of the Penang High Court dismissing their  Application for Judicial Review (JR Application) to challenge the planning permission granted to the Penang State Government by the State Town and Country Planning...
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GREEN SPACES MAKE HOT CITIES COOL

Lai Cheng July 11, 2024 0 Comments
Traffic jams, crowds and pollution are synonymous with most cities today – not to mention higher temperatures. Cities often suffer from “urban heat island effect”. This happens when buildings, concrete and other infrastructure trap heat. The consequences: increased energy costs (eg: for air-conditioning), higher levels of air pollution, a surge in heat-related illnesses, and even...
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BANNED: Two Face Creams Containing Scheduled Poisons

Lai Cheng July 10, 2024 0 Comments
The Health Ministry has revoked the notification of 2 cosmetic products – Ailas Wild Rose Petal Face Cream and Desha Night Cream (Moisturizer) – after they were found to contain the scheduled poisons mercury and tretinoin. "Mercury is prohibited in cosmetic products because it can be absorbed into the body, potentially causing kidney damage, nervous system damage, and disrupting brain...
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WE DON’T OWN THE EARTH, WE’RE JUST ITS CARETAKERS

Lai Cheng July 10, 2024 0 Comments
Human beings do not own the earth, we are merely its caretakers. We have a duty to protect it for the future generations, so we must leave it better than we found it. What we do to our planet will affect children today, and children of the future, far more than ourselves. Keep our earth clean, green and sustainable. And teach our children the importance of doing so. What we teach the young today...
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