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Urgent call to halt further forest conversions

admin January 20, 2015 0 Comments

Given the severity of the recent floods and the resulting tragedy that has befallen several states in the Peninsular Malaysia at a scale that has never been witnessed in living memory, and the increasingly adverse impacts of climate change, SAM strongly calls on all states to immediately halt further forest-to-plantation conversions in Malaysia. Our analysis of the forestry data in the country...

Act now to prevent future disasters

admin January 20, 2015 0 Comments

The country is still reeling from the after-effect of the devastating year-end floods that ravaged at least seven states. Many are still displaced at temporary shelters and rely on government and well-wishers’ food aid including donations from China and Japan. Besides the initial RM800million allocated for initial flood relief efforts, the government is now staring at a hefty reconstruction...

Scrap Malaysia’s Nuclear Power Plans

admin December 23, 2014 0 Comments

ANAK MALAYSIA ANTI NUKLEAR (AMAN) is a grassroots citizen movement that is convinced that nuclear power is not cheap, clean or safe and that it is not required for the generation of electricity in Malaysia. AMAN therefore rejects the construction of any nuclear power plant (NPP) in Malaysia. AMAN is aware of the ongoing dissemination of false information by the nuclear industry and other vested...

SAM, CAP urge Government to Ban Trawl Nets

admin December 14, 2014 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) urge the government to immediately ban the use of trawl nets in order to save our fisheries resources from impending extinction. SAM and CAP are submitting a memorandum to Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak today (18 December 2014) expressing our concern that the continued use of trawl nets will not only...

Bank Negara Must Stop Banks from Using Unfair Methods of Calculating Interest

admin November 26, 2014 0 Comments

Banks should be stopped from taking unfair advantage of borrowers with personal loans or fixed rate hire-purchase loans (of either the conventional or Islamic financing variety. ) These borrowers lose twice over because interest on the loans are calculated on a flat rate basis and rebates are calculated based on the Rule of 78. The flat rate method charges interest on money which has already...

Is the Malaysian government embarking on “so-called” public consultation ‘secretly’?

admin November 26, 2014 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) was approached by a research company for its survey titled as ‘Malaysia Energy Consumption and Its Impacts Towards Economy Development’ early this month. We would like to express our concern that the survey is yet another attempt by the government and proponents of the nuclear power fraternity to hoodwink not just the public, but this time, even...

Macau Scams And Banks Telemarketing

admin November 24, 2014 0 Comments

According to a news report, people in Malaysia are falling victim to Macau scams or phone scams increasingly over the past 3 years. The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) finds this quite disturbing as this is an old scamming tactic. The report states that police have supposedly warned people about syndicates and fraudsters who contact them, posing as Bank Negara Malaysia officers, police...

No Loan For AUCMS!

admin November 21, 2014 0 Comments

If at the time, government bodies with authority, such as the Ministry of Higher Education, had done something about the Allianze University College of Medical Sciences (AUCMS) issue, there is a distinct possibility that this whole fiasco could have been averted. Now, after all that has happened, AUCMS has asked the federal government for a loan to handle its financial crisis. The Consumers...

CAP calls on the Malaysian Government to Withdraw from the TPPA Negotiation

admin November 17, 2014 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) remains seriously concerned that Malaysia continues to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) with 11 other countries including the United States. Hence CAP has sent a letter to the Prime Minister of Malaysia and submitted copies to all Ministers urging the Government to withdraw from the whole negotiation and not sign the TPPA. Below...

Malaysians must reduce sugar intake by 80%

admin November 14, 2014 0 Comments

November 14 is World Diabetes Day. On this occasion, the Consumers Association of Penang calls on consumers to reduce their sugar intake by as much as 80% to curb diabetes which is increasing at an alarming rate in Malaysia. We are the top country in ASEAN for having the highest number of diabetics and sixth in the Western Pacific region. The prevalence rate of the disease in Malaysia had shot...

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