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Day: April 7, 2025

CAP Urges Ban on Insurance Promotion in Banks

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) urges Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to prohibit financial institutions from promoting any form of insurance, particularly investment-linked insurance, within their premises. We have received complaints that bank officers approached customers inside bank premises to promote investment-linked insurance as a ‘better investment option offering higher returns...
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NO SUCH THING AS “AWAY”

Our trash doesn’t simply vanish when we throw it out. “There is no such thing as ‘away’,” Annie Leonard, former executive director of Greenpeace USA, says in her book, The Story of Stuff. “When we throw anything away, it must go somewhere.” It ends up in a landfill, incinerator, or the environment.    
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SAY NO TO HATE

Hate speech is rising around the world. Hate speech incites violence and intolerance. The devastating effect of hatred is sadly nothing new. However, its scale and impact are now amplified by new communications technologies. Hate speech – including online – has become one of the most common ways of spreading divisive rhetoric on a global scale, threatening peace around the world. We all have...
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