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ResourceCo Asia, Send Back the Waste to Australia

admin October 15, 2015 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia urges ResourceCo Asia (M) Sdn Bhd to immediately return the solid waste that has been imported from Australia for the purpose of manufacturing fuel for Lafarge. This issue was first brought to SAM’s attention by a concerned individual who found that the company located in IGB Industrial Park in Ipoh, Perak had falsified import documents to declare the solid waste as solid...

Enough of expensive, slow and shoddy TM services

admin October 6, 2015 0 Comments

Telekom Malaysia’s (TM) services have gone from bad to worse. Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is tired of complaining of the poor Internet and telephone services provided by TM. We have experienced everything from crawling Internet speed to complete absence of Internet and telephone services over the years. When a similar incidence occurred recently TM technicians blamed our equipment,...

TPP agreement reached – Dark Day for Malaysia

admin October 6, 2015 0 Comments

Despite widespread international opposition, trade officials from the 12 countries negotiating the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) in Atlanta, USA announced yesterday that they have reached an agreement on a devastating trade deal that threatens people and the planet. The final texts are expected to be available within weeks. The TPP trade ministers’ press release states that to formalize the...

Save our Seeds from Corporate Control

admin October 2, 2015 0 Comments

Seed is a farmer’s most essential input. For thousands of years farm communities have been observing, selecting, nurturing, breeding and saving seed. Yet, in the last century there has been a dramatic decrease in global seed diversity, of which the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported in 2010 that 75% of the world’s crop diversity had already been lost. The erosion of...

Issue 45-5 Sept-Oct 2015

admin October 1, 2015 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.

CAP calls for a single updated and comprehensive law on auctions

admin September 29, 2015 0 Comments

Auctions have been carried out since the country was under the British rule and the laws regarding auctions have generally remained unchanged. It is time we bring the auction laws to the 21st century for the benefit of all parties concerned especially the bidders (buyers). Currently the auction business is governed by the 86 year old Auction Sales Enactment F.M.S. Cap. 81 (No. 2 of 1929) and the...

SAM new publication on the Penan community: Systemic failure to protect the NCR in Sarawak

admin September 29, 2015 0 Comments

In 2002, the Sarawak Penan Association (SPA) released the Long Sayan Declaration 2002, which was signed by more than 40 Penan community leaders. Among others, the declaration called for the halting of all logging operations on Penan territories, the gazetting of their territories into Communal Forest Reserves and the provision of accessible healthcare, education, quality housing, power and clean...

SAM urges review of hillsite development projects

admin September 25, 2015 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urges the relevant government agencies to review projects on hill land in Penang, especially in areas that have been earmarked for future development projects. Commenting on the recent flash floods and mud floods that struck several areas in Paya Terubong, Bayan Baru and Sungai Dua, SAM expressed hope that the respective parties should take heed of what has happened,...

Plantations are not Forests

admin September 21, 2015 0 Comments

International Day of Struggle against Tree Monocultures Social organizations from several countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia signed a joint Declaration on the occasion of September 21, the International Day of Struggle against Tree Monocultures. “Since 2006, every September 21st we commemorate the International Day of Struggle against Tree Monocultures, as a way of breaking the...

Curb causes leading to overflow of the Perak River

admin September 17, 2015 0 Comments

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) urges the Perak government to take immediate action to resolve the causes that led to the overflow of the Perak River and flash floods that often hit several villages near the river. Although the problem is longstanding until now no effective action has been taken to resolve it. Hence the problem has recurred whereby lives of villagers from 10 villages...

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