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Malaysia fails at worksite safety once again

admin March 13, 2020 0 Comments
On March 5th two Bangladeshi workers were killed at a housing project construction site in Mentakab, Temerloh when they were buried by huge piles of soil that had been collected on the edge of the pits, as they were installing sewerage pipes. Reports further state that when the two workers were carrying out their work in an estimated 6 metre pit, there were two machines close to the pit being...
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Chemicals in food packaging: a global health threat

admin March 13, 2020 0 Comments
Environment groups in Asia Pacific call on policy makers to beef up single-use plastics ban; phase-out toxic chemicals from food packaging; and mandate safe, reusable alternatives Australia/India/Malaysia/Nepal/Philippines -- Close to 200 environmental and public health organizations led by the UNWRAPPED Project (UPSTREAM, Zero Waste Europe, and GAIA) released a Call to Action in response to a...
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Healthcare rights for undocumented people to protect the rakyat

admin March 13, 2020 0 Comments
Malaysia has seen only 36 COVID-19 cases and most of them have recovered; and this gives us a sense of security, a feeling that we will be fine even though the spread of the COVID-19 virus beyond China seems to be getting worse. However, there is a very crucial weakness in our system that has not been addressed and could yet cause an outbreak in our country. This weakness arises from a few...
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Councils should tackle perennial car parking woes

admin March 13, 2020 0 Comments
Penangites have been facing the perennial problem of finding public car parking spaces in commercial areas as many of them are taken up by office workers for long periods of time, usually more than eight hours. The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the City Councils of Penang Island (MBPP) and Seberang Perai (MBSP) to introduce Regulations to limit the hours one can park in a...
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Misery to animals brought on by the zodiac animal signs

admin March 2, 2020 0 Comments
With each Chinese New Year welcoming a particular  animal in the zodiac, each bringing with them their  own good fortune and strengths, pet shops and petting farms  go all out to import  the animals  associated with  the  zodiac animal signs of that year. In this year of the rat, a petting zoo farm is drawing in the crowd with its import of foreign breeds in the rodent family such as the...
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Eateries that offer additional ‘ingredients’ ought to close

admin February 28, 2020 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) would like to compliment the Penang Island City Council (MBPP) for wanting to strengthen enforcement exercise in the state as reported recently in the media. Currently the MBPP’s is limited in the issuance of compound to dirty food outlets. As of now, only the Health Department has the power to close down illegal and dirty premises under Section 38...
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Covid-19 Outbreak: Need for permanent solution on wildlife sale and trade

admin February 21, 2020 0 Comments
Whilst Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) welcomes the recent temporary ban by China on the hunting, sale, transportation and export of all wild animals in response to the Covid-19 outbreak, a more lasting solution is needed to prevent another repeat of such outbreaks, not only in China but in all countries. This requires a permanent ban on the trade, sale and consumption of wildlife and stricter...
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It is time to wield the cane if the carrot doesn’t work

admin February 18, 2020 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is horrified at the collapse on 14 February 2020 at the condominium The Address under construction at Taman Desa . This latest happening follows the collapse of a crane from the site into the neighbouring property on 23 January 2018. The Protect Taman Desa Coalition has from the very start warned that “the site, the nature of the project and the...
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Burning plastic in Tanjong Bungah

admin February 13, 2020 0 Comments
In response to the query raised by the Exco for Environment Phee Boon Poh and Tanjung Bungah assemblyperson Zahril Khir Johari, CAP wishes to state that the complaint of the burning smell in the Tanjung Bungah area was raised by a Malaysia My Second Home resident of that area. His complaint, was that he smelled burning plastic at around 4 a.m., two or three times a week, each lasting between one...
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Stop the pussyfooting around plastic recycling pollution issue!

admin February 12, 2020 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is aghast to have read a recent report of open burning of plastics in Relau, Penang. In fact we have also been informed of another case in Tanjong Bungah where plastics were burned in the early hours (about 4am). We call on the government to completely weed out plastic recycling facilities that do not comply to the stringent guidelines available. The...
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