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Can we escape from this global pandemic?

Admin September 2, 2021 0 Comments

“Any attempt to solve the ecological crisis within a bourgeois framework must be dismissed as chimerical. Capitalism is inherently anti-ecological. Competition and accumulation constitute its very law of life, a law … summarised in the phrase, ‘production for the sake of production.’ Anything, however hallowed or rare, ‘has its price’ and is fair game for the marketplace. In a...

CPTPP And The Agricultural Sector: A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two in The Bush

Admin September 2, 2021 0 Comments

By Fitri Amir Recently, several business groups and certain parties from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) have been actively lobbying the government leadership for Malaysia to ratify the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The CPTPP was signed by 11 countries namely Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru,...

BEWARE OF DELIVERY OR STORAGE PROBLEMS WHEN BUYING MEDICINES ONLINE

Admin September 1, 2021 0 Comments

Consumers are advised to be mindful of buying medications online or through mail-order as some medicines may become unsafe or ineffective from exposure to extreme temperature or humidity during transit from the retailer to you. Many pills and capsules need to be kept away from heat, air, moisture and sunlight because they can be damaged or lose their potency. If a life depends on proper dosage...

Degazetting of KLNFR highly irresponsible

Admin August 31, 2021 0 Comments

Only a few hours ago, SAM sadly learnt that the Selangor state government has decided to continue with its proposal to degazette the Kuala Langat North Forest Reserve (KLNFR) to make way for commercial development on what is now one of the last remaining peat forests in the south of Selangor. We are extremely outraged by this. At a time when we are facing a climate crisis, the Selangor...

The 64th Merdeka Anniversary: Celebrate with a Mindset Reset

Admin August 30, 2021 0 Comments

As we celebrate the 64th anniversary of Merdeka – the seminal event that marked our breakaway from colonial rule and the creation of our nation-state – we should reflect on the core element that has shaped our identity and destiny as Malaysia. That key element or primal substance is none other than our diversity. Our nation would not exist if the diverse communities and political entities...

Success at COP 26 requires urgent action on climate change – not false promises

Admin August 26, 2021 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) refers to letter of the British High Commissioner to Malaysia, H.E Charles Hay (published on 24 Aug) entitled “Working together on climate crisis”. We agree with the ambassador that governments “can only rise to the challenge of the climate crisis by working together and through commitment to a genuine global transformation”. However, having been...

Stop the Bottled Water Scam: It is Destroying Our Environment and May Be Unsafe

Admin August 26, 2021 0 Comments

In 2019, the sales value of bottled water in Malaysia was approximately RM698.45 mil, meaning that Malaysians spent that enormous sum that year for an advertised promise of safer, purer and healthier water. But in reality plastic bottled water may not be safer, purer or healthier – it can be toxic, contaminated and harmful, and is a huge threat to the environment. Hundreds of recalls of...

Quarry in Sungai Ara, Penang threatens surrounding residents

Admin August 25, 2021 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urges the Penang state government, Majlis Bandaraya Pulau Pinang (MBPP), Penang Lands & Mines Office, South West District & Land Office, Department of Mineral & Geoscience, and the Department of Environment to review the operations of the quarry in Sungai Ara, Penang. The quarry activities that operate in Mukim 12, Southwest District are very close to...

CAP: Don’t be duped by fake meat

Admin August 24, 2021 0 Comments

Lately Malaysians are being gobbled up by a meaty scandal. Many are rightfully livid, demanding justice be meted out to the unethical individuals who have been feeding Malaysians fake Halal meat that are not be Halal or may have been mixed with diseased kangaroo and horse meat. But what is coming in the pipeline is even more shocking. Impossible Foods, the US-based fake meat maker that uses...

Help Ban Lead in Paints