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CAP Decries the Institutional Blindness to Poverty and Calls for Urgent RCI

Admin September 11, 2019 0 Comments

CAP is pleased to note that senior parliamentarian YB Lim Kit Siang has supported CAP’s call on 3 September 2019 for a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to be formed to address the poverty scandal highlighted by UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Professor Philip Alston. Ever since Professor Alston’s expose that our poverty rate is a shocking 15% or higher, information...

Tackling the diminishing of tigers

Admin August 28, 2019 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is heartened to learn of the Government’s commitment to battle poaching by increasing manpower through a special battalion assigned to aid the Wildlife Department in the patrol of the country’s jungles. The number of wild tigers estimated to be left is only about 250. This is alarming. All efforts in the past are not working to save the tigers. At best they...

Sanctuaries Are Not the Answer to Human-Elephant Conflict

Admin June 3, 2019 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) refers to the upcoming elephant sanctuary in Kota Tinggi, Johor known as the Kampung Panti Elephant Sanctuary and another proposed sanctuary to be built in Hulu Perak. These two elephant sanctuaries are intended to address the human-elephant conflict (HEC) in those areas but SAM is doubtful that sanctuaries are the best option to resolve the human-elephant conflict and...

Lynas must remove its radioactive wastes from Malaysia

Admin May 31, 2019 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) refer to Lynas’s announcement in the press (the Sun, May 29, 2019) by Professor Dr. Ismail Bahari, the General Manager of Lynas in charge of radiation safety and compliance that its wastes can be used as a fertiliser or soil conditioner (Condisoil). He said that the Water Leach Purification (WLP) ‘residue’...

CAP: Make Balik Kampung Experience Safe

Admin May 29, 2019 0 Comments

Malaysians are currently in the midst of another round of Balik Kampung mode. Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) urges both motorists as well as transport authorities to take all necessary measures to avoid needless deaths on our roads. The Police have reported more than 20,000 road accidents during every Operation Selamat campaigns, conducted during the festival seasons. They expect...

Confusion, Doubts & Loopholes on Halal Status

Admin May 21, 2019 0 Comments

The Consumers Association of Penang congratulates the government on its effort to table the National Halal Council Bill, which will deal with all aspects of the Halal industry. The new Act should help to ensure that producers act more responsibly in labelling food and products as Halal, rather than place the burden on consumers to determine the Halal status of the product. The Act should clarify...

Ban Neonicotinoid to Protect Bees: We Simply Cannot Survive Without Bees

Admin April 19, 2019 0 Comments

In conjunction with World Earth Day 2019 on 22.4.2019 (Monday), the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls for protection of bees by banning the use of neonicotinoids which is a notorious pesticide that poses danger to bees. The theme of this year’s Earth Day is “Protect Our Species”. The rapid extinction of species in our world today is the result of human...

Civil service malaise caused by system of Management by Complaints

Admin April 17, 2019 0 Comments

MANAGEMENT BY COMPLAINTS is a clever invention to shift responsibility for law enforcement on to the public by requiring that the public must lodge official reports for the enforcement agencies to start investigating something. Thus in the absence of public complaints, there are no issues that need attention or action!. It has therefore become common to hear various enforcement agencies,...

CAP: Address plight of heavy vehicle drivers to curb road accidents

Admin April 10, 2019 0 Comments

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) wishes to draw attention to disturbing findings made from its recent survey on drivers of commercial express buses and cargo lorries in light of the continuing incidences of fatal road accidents involving these vehicles. CAP calls on the authorities to take this matter seriously and institute strong measures to curb this scourge. Between 2007 and 2016...

NEED TO CLEAN DRAINS

Admin February 8, 2019 0 Comments

Consumers Association of Penang(CAP) urges the City Council of Penang (MBPP) and Seberang Perai Municipal Council (MPSP) to increase efforts in cleaning up drains in Penang to prevent the spread of diseases. CAP’s recent survey at various locations found many clogged drains. They have not been cleaned and were also covered with grease. Waste thrown in the drains clogged them up and produced...

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