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Stop and Look Around You

Admin July 5, 2021 0 Comments

“If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.” ― Leo Tolstoy

LEAD SAFE PAINT CERTIFICATION

Admin July 3, 2021 0 Comments

Lead is a toxic metal that is especially harmful to brain development in children under age 6 and babies still growing in the womb. Lead paint also poses a hazard for those who come in contact with it during every stage of its use – manufacture, use, removal, and disposal. Lead Safe Paint® is an independent, third-party certification program that lets customers know that the paint they are...

The Government needs to incorporate suicide prevention in MCO plans

Admin July 1, 2021 0 Comments

In 2020, 266 took their own lives between 19 March and 30 October while there were 1,080 suicide attempts according to the Health Ministry. The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) is concerned because these figures are just the tip of the iceberg and on the rise. The government needs to incorporate suicide prevention in its Movement Control Order (MCO) plans. Government agencies were flooded...

Another forest in jeopardy: Proposed mining in Kuala Mukim Tembeling, Jerantut, Pahang – SAM calls to halt project

Admin June 30, 2021 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is concerned about the spate of mining projects being proposed in forest reserves. The most recent proposal of which an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report has been submitted for public review is the proposed iron ore mining project at Kuala Mukim Tembeling, Jerantut in the state of Pahang. The proposed project intends to excavate iron ore at an...

The danger of the past was that men became Slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become Robots

Admin June 30, 2021 0 Comments

“In addition to conformity as a way to relieve the anxiety springing from separateness, another factor of contemporary life must be considered: the role of the work routine and the pleasure routine. Man becomes a 'nine to fiver', he is part of the labour force, or the bureaucratic force of clerks and managers. He has little initiative, his tasks are prescribed by the organisation of the work;...