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Support for appeal by Sungei Ara residents against Sunway Hills project on hillslopes

admin July 9, 2017 0 Comments

Several Residents’Associations and organisations in Penang have come together in a show of support and solidarity for the Sungei Ara residents who are appealing the decision of the Penang High Court, delivered on 29 May 2017. The High Court had ruled in favour of Sunway City and overturned the decision of the Penang Appeals Board which had decided in favour of the residents in not granting...

NO FAULT LIABILITY: LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE

admin July 7, 2017 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) strongly believes that consumers will benefit from the NFL just as employees benefit from the Social Security Organisation (SOCSO) which operates on the principle of NFL. If SOCSO has been overwhelming successful for more than four decades why can’t NFL. CAP disagrees with former Bar Council chairman Kuthubul Zaman Bukhari’s statement that “any...

IS MALAYSIA A DUMPING GROUND FOR CONTAMINATED PLASTIC WASTE?

admin July 5, 2017 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is appalled to learn that hundreds of containers filled with plastic wastes and scrap tyres have been shipped to and left abandoned at Port Klang. Despite imposing stringent measures, it was reported that at the height of the problem, the port had almost 800 containers of such waste and had to clear them over the years until 280 of such containers...

MALAYSIA’S TOWERING INFERNOS?

admin July 4, 2017 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang is horrified by the news of the Grenfell Tower “Inferno” disaster. With the number of high rise buildings littering our country, it is not hard to imagine such an incident happening in Malaysia. More frightening is the current development trend of building high density skyscrapers – with this we have effectively increased the number of people residing...

Heed alert by Bank Negara on so-called ‘environmental investments’

admin July 3, 2017 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) wishes to draw the attention of the State Governments and the general public to the listing of Climate Protectors Sdn Bhd (CPSB) and EcoBit (a cryptocurrency-based investment project) on Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) Financial Consumer Alert service on 23 June, 2017 as ‘companies and websites which are neither authorised nor approved under the relevant laws and...

Farm Animals Need Protection from Fire

admin June 29, 2017 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is highly disturbed to learn of a recent fire in Yong Peng, near Batu Pahat, Johor where a chicken coop was razed to the ground along with the 74 000 chicks. Although such incidents of fire killing thousands of chicks are sporadic, barn fires capture less public attention than they deserve because they happen in rural areas, often far from major populated centres....

BNM MADE A U-TURN ON NO FAULT LIABILITY SCHEME

admin June 28, 2017 0 Comments

Do consumers have to pay more for their motor insurance than what they are paying now when detariffication of motor insurance starts on 1 July? At least this is what the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) understands because the General Insurance Association of Malaysia (PIAM)’s reply to its FAQ question “What % increase can I expect (CAP’s emphasis) on my motor premium” is: “It...

Fire Crackers And Fireworks: Just Enforce The Law!

admin June 21, 2017 0 Comments

Instead of ushering a festival in a celebrative environment, it is a yearly event for people to end up in hospital. They suffer severe injuries if they are lucky, otherwise they ended up dead. It is needless but apparently the relevant authorities are not keen in arresting this perennial problem. This year is a mere repetition of previous years. There were already reported casualties and news of...

Investigate Cause of River Pollution in Kangar and Curb the Pollution Immediately

admin June 21, 2017 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) has urged the Kangar Municipal Council (MPK) and the Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) to investigate the cause of the river pollution in Kangar, Perlis and take appropriate measures to curb the pollution. SAM’s observation found a variety of waste materials, particularly plastic items floating in the river here and the water looked dirty and silted. SAM is...

Rescue and Capture Techniques for Wildlife Needed

admin June 19, 2017 0 Comments

Some weeks ago we learnt of a tragic death of a 6m crocodile after being rescued from a dam in Klang. To be able to leave up to that size is no mean feat having escaped from its predator – man - all this while in a country that has traditionally had a great mistrust of them. While it was the good intention of the Fire and Rescue Department officers to free the reptile from its fate, its...

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