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CAP AND RESIDENTS OBJECT TO POLLUTION FROM PLASTIC WASTE RECYCLING PLANTS IN SUNGAI PETANI,KEDAH.

admin June 19, 2019 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) and residents staying near the industrial areas in Sungai Petani, Kuala Muda District in the state of Kedah object to the operations of plastic waste recycling factories including illegal recycling plants for causing serious air pollution here from a year ago. Following the complaint lodged by the community representatives, CAP has sent a...
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CAP: Freeze any increase in cement prices

admin June 18, 2019 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) to put any immediate freeze and stop cement players from imposing a price increase on cement. Cement is listed as a “scheduled control goods” in KPDNHEP’s website  dated 2019.  However according to a 2008 news report the then Works Minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed said that...
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Long awaited Consumer Credit Act

admin June 18, 2019 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) welcomes the statement by the BNM Governor, Datuk Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus, that a Consumer Credit Act could finally be part of our Malaysian legislation starting sometime next year. CAP has been championing the implementation of a comprehensive Consumer Credit Act close to two decades now. In the year 2004 CAP published a memorandum on the need for a...
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CAP is not shocked by the contaminated bottled mineral water

admin June 15, 2019 0 Comments
When the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) directed the recall of Malaysia’s “Starfresh” bottled drinking water on 12 June 2019 because of bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa contamination, the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) was not the slightest surprised. In view of the findings in Singapore, a similar recall should also be done in Malaysia if the product is being sold here. The...
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Dismal picture for the future of our elephants

admin June 14, 2019 0 Comments
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) expresses shock at the recent deaths of three elephants at a plantation area of a village in Kampung Sri Timur 3, Kluang, Johor. They were believed to have been poisoned.  Their deaths paint a dismal picture for the future of our elephants. With oil palm plantations encroaching from all sides into elephant habitats, along with logging and agriculture activities, this...
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Reforms and oversight on co-operative loans are long overdue

admin June 13, 2019 0 Comments
We refer to the Malaysia Co-operative Societies Commission’s (SKM) statement on 10 June 2019 that it will investigate allegations of certain co-operatives being involved in a syndicated loan scam, and in falsifying payslips for civil servants and employees of government-linked companies. The loan scam, which allegedly involves the Malaysian National Co-operative Movement (ANGKASA) and...
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NEED TO TACKLE ROOT CAUSES OF ORANG ASLI HEALTH WOES

admin June 12, 2019 0 Comments
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is extremely saddened to learn about the deaths and ill health of the Bateq community members in Kampung Koh, Gua Musang, Kelantan. It is indeed shocking that days have gone by and the government authorities have yet to ascertain the actual cause of the deaths and the deterioration of health among the Bateq community. While we welcome the emergency meeting called on by...
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DOSH fails to oversee non-compliance of safety requirement at worksite

admin May 27, 2019 0 Comments
  The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is shocked when the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) disclosed on 18 August 2018 that 711 workers were killed on the job in 2017, with 183 of the fatalities occurring at construction sites. Three persons were injured and an Indonesian couple killed in the latest worksite incident at Gombak LRT station where a multi-storey...
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Green groups call on Southeast Asian governments to resist waste imports

admin May 24, 2019 0 Comments
MANILA, Philippines (May 24, 2019) — Southeast Asian environmental non-governmental organizations are calling on their respective governments to strictly enforce bans on illegally shipped wastes from developed countries.  “The recent news about waste shipments being discovered at the shores of the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia is alarming. When the wealthy nations clean up, it...
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A letter to our friends on the passing of our President, S.M. Mohamed Idris

admin May 23, 2019 0 Comments
Dear friends, It is with deep sorrow that we inform you that our President, S.M. Mohamed Idris has passed away after a brief illness on 17 May 2019. Mr Idris lived full and very active life, up to the end of his 93 years. He was invited to be President of CAP (Consumers’ Association of Penang) when it was established in 1969. Before that, he had been a member of the Municipal Council in Penang...
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