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SAM Welcomes DoE Decision To Stop Reclamation Project In Kuala Kedah Pending EIA Approval

admin May 29, 2017 0 Comments
Sahabat Alam Malaysia welcomes the decision made by the Department of Environment (DoE) to issue a stop-work order to the developer of a coastal reclamation project dubbed “The Dubai of Malaysia” in Kuala Kedah . The DoE director-general had confirmed to the media that the order was issued through a notice dated 15 May 2017.  SAM had brought up this matter with the DoE in mid-March 2017...
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Petition Launched Urging ASEAN to Ban Microplastics in Cosmetics

admin May 28, 2017 0 Comments
Non-government organizations in Southeast Asia have joined forces to curb a preventable source of plastic pollution of the marine environment: microparticles of plastic, or microplastics, in cosmetics. Through an online petition at Avaaz, the groups are urging the member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a huge market of over 500 million consumers, to prohibit...
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Need for transparency over ‘Medical City’ proposal

admin May 26, 2017 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is very concerned that more and more public lands are being transferred to private hands without transparency and public knowledge. In the latest case in Penang, we have come to learn that the State government’s 6.4-acre land owned by Chief Minister Incorporated at Peel Avenue was sold for RM156 million on a 99-year lease for the construction of a...
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Skinned Alive For The Exotic Fashion Industry

admin May 24, 2017 0 Comments
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is strongly opposed to the exploitation of wildlife for the exotic skins trade mainly for the luxury fashion industry.  The trade-in exotic animal and reptile skins in particular generates thousands of animal victims to fulfill the demands of luxury fashion houses. The recent decision by the Natural and Environment Ministry to expand the python skin trade into the...
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AVOID CHANGING TPP-RELATED LAWS THAT DAMAGE THE HEALTH OF MALAYSIANS

admin May 22, 2017 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang calls on the Malaysian government not to make changes to the law relating to intellectual property rights (IPRs) to comply with the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). Malaysia should also not join any other TPPA countries to revive the TPPA especially since the United States has confirmed it is pulling out of the agreement, as there are very...
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Our high medicine prices are killing patients

admin May 18, 2017 0 Comments
Control astronomical prices of medicines now Expenditure on medicines comprise a large share of total health expenditure. The Ministry of Health (MOH) expenditure on medicines has been steadily increasing from RM1.61 billion in 2010; to RM1.76 billion in 2011; RM1.98 billion in 2012 and RM2.2 billion in 2013. This was an increase of 36.5% in the span of 3 years. Medicines expenditure will only...
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SAM URGES LOGGING IN BUKIT PERANGIN IS STOPPED

admin May 18, 2017 0 Comments
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urges the Kedah government to take immediate action to stop logging activities in Bukit Perangin, district of Kubang Pasu  because it threatens the environment and affects the lives of residents living near the area. In addition to polluting the river water which is used by more than 400 villagers for their daily use, paddy farmers in the area were also affected....
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DISCLOSE SOURCE OF POLLUTION OF RIVERS AND LAKES IN PAHANG

admin May 17, 2017 0 Comments
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urges the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to immediately disclose the findings of investigations by the Department of Environment (DOE) of Pahang on the sources of pollution of Sungai Pahang, Sungai Temerloh, Tasik Chini and Tasik Mentiga. Disclosure regarding the sources of pollution is essential because the problem is becoming more serious and...
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WHERE IS OUR MEDICAL EDUCATION HEADING?

admin May 9, 2017 0 Comments
The last few months has seen a lot of discourse in the media on the plight of young trainee doctors or housemen as they are called.   We saw a lot of shocking headlines – ‘not cut out to be doctors’, ‘grappling with housemen woes’, ‘housemen buckling under pressure’ – just to name a few. The most shocking revelation was that housemen comprised the highest number of civil servants...
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