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Drains at Batu Maung polluted by residual waste – SAM

admin January 17, 2019 0 Comments
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urges the Penang Island City Council (MBPP), Department of Environment (DOE) and Department of Irrigation and Drainage (JPS) to investigate and take immediate action to overcome residual waste pollution problem in drains near Batu Maung here.  Investigations made by SAM shows that the condition of the area is very disgusting and has foul smell. Drains here are not...
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The tiger’s vanishing paw prints

admin January 15, 2019 0 Comments
Our tigers, the acme of power and grace, are in dire straits! It’s unthinkable that our tigers’ footprints are vanishing from our Malaysian soil. Ecologists and tiger conservation groups keep sounding the alarm bell for our tigers, yet is anything being done to address the causes of the animal’s  decline?   Causes of the tiger’s decline are depressingly familiar. The culprits are the...
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CAPs campaign on Say No to Food Waste during Thaipusam

admin January 14, 2019 0 Comments
We Malaysians love our food and there is no shortage of restaurants and food outlets serving food to please every palate. But we also waste a lot of food. In fact, figures from the Solid Waste Corporation Management (SWCorp) show that Malaysians generate 16,687.5 tonnes of food waste daily. This is no small amount as it can feed 12 million individuals three times a day. Importantly, at least...
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Regulate the Import of Coconuts

admin January 14, 2019 0 Comments
With Thaipusam and Chinese New Year just around the corner, local coconut growers and sellers encountered a challenging situation to sell local coconuts that are priced between RM1.20 and RM1.50 each against those from Indonesia that are priced between RM0.80 and RM1.00. The reason is that coconuts imported from Indonesia cost only RM550 per tonne, or about RM0.55 each. Again, we can see that it...
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Does Taiping Fulfil Sustainable Town Criteria?

admin December 31, 2018 0 Comments
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) questioned Green Destinations’ criteria for evaluation and giving recognition to Taiping as one of the Sustainable Destinations Top 100 of 2018. Based on SAM’s recent survey around Taiping town, we found that the implementation of several development activities was not environmentally friendly nor sustainable especially development on 25° slopes....
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MoH Lets Horse Bolt Before Closing The Gate

admin December 27, 2018 0 Comments
 The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is shocked and disappointed that the Malaysian Health Ministry (MoH) allows the sale of heat-not-burn (HNB) tobacco product devices and exempted them from pictorial health warning (PHW). It is puzzling why MoH is confused with the Control of Tobacco Product (our italics) Regulations (CTPR), thinking that it regulates only shredded tobacco rolled in...
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Review Procedure For Admission Of Under 6 Year Olds To Standard 1

admin December 23, 2018 0 Comments
Children must have completed 6 years of age on 1st January of the year they are entering school. However, since 2003 an exception is given to children who are up to two weeks younger (born 2nd to 15 January) if they have reached the “mental and reading age” of 6 year olds. These 2-weeks younger children are required to go through a very stressful evaluation process (saringan). The first...
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Issue 48-6 November-December 2018

admin December 23, 2018 0 Comments
  We have stories which you will not find in other papers -- hard-hitting stuff with no holds barred, for we name the brands, companies or people in our exposes, unlike the commercial papers which are dependent on companies for their advertisements or are owned by political parties. You can expect our views and perspectives to be different, for we are on the side of consumers.  
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Debunking the ‘Heat-Not-Burn Tobacco Product’ Myths

admin December 20, 2018 0 Comments
In response to Philip Morris (M) Sdn Bhd (PMM)’s recent media release, the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) wishes to rebut the claims. In the opening statement PMM stated that “we would like to stress that our smoke-free products are intended to be better alternatives for adult smokers who can’t or don’t want to quit”. We ought to ask why smokers are unable to quit. The answer...
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Ban Waste Incineration

admin December 18, 2018 0 Comments
The Malaysian government must enact a regulation to ban all forms of waste incineration to keep out incinerators, their promoters and peddlers from Malaysia. Instead, we need policies and actions towards Zero Waste and waste reduction programmes. Currently among the most aggressively promoted incinerators are “waste-to-energy” facilities. Last week it was announced that two waste-to-energy...
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