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Spring cleaning bad luck away? Sweep scams away too!

Lai Cheng January 10, 2023 0 Comments

Cleaning your home to usher in the new year? Be careful! Many scammers are looking to steal your money by offering fake cleaning services. If you are a victim of financial scams, IMMEDIATELY call your banks or the National Scams Response Centre at 997! (Source: Bank Negara Malaysia)

GABUNGAN KEDAULATAN NEGARA

Lai Cheng January 9, 2023 0 Comments

Invites Minister of International Trade and Industry (MITI) to a Dialogue on the Ratification of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Transpacific Partnership (CPTPP) Gabungan Kedaulatan Negara (National Sovereignty Coalition) has sent an invitation today to YB Senator Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz, Minister of International Trade and Industry (MITI), to participate in a dialogue on...

NGOs Reject Proposals in Penang Draft Local Plan

Lai Cheng January 5, 2023 0 Comments

PRESS CONFERENCE by Several Civil Society Organisations on Wednesday, 4 January 2023, to highlight PENANG LOCAL PLAN 2030 The following are the statements issued during the conference. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… JOINT Press Statement BANTAHAN TO ZONING IN DRTPP 2030 FOR PART OF LOTS 403 AND 728 AND 78,...

Show kindness during Rabbit Year by not keeping one

Lai Cheng January 3, 2023 0 Comments

Every lunar new year is associated with one of the 12 zodiac animals, each bringing with them their own good fortune and strengths. With just weeks to go before the year of the rabbit is ushered, the Consumer Association of Penang (CAP) urges the public not to be tempted into buying a pet rabbit on impulse. In a consumer-oriented society people are tempted to get the animal associated with the...

REVIEW MALAYSIA’S PARTICIPATION in the CPTPP Agreement – Memo to the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security

Lai Cheng December 29, 2022 0 Comments

Malaysia's participation in the CPTPP agreement should be reviewed for the benefit of farmers, fishermen and livestock breeders as well as the nation's food security. The Malaysia Food Sovereignty Forum has on 29 December 2022 submitted the following memorandum – signed by 54 organisations – to the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security YB Tuan Haji Mohamad bin Sabu on the matter....

Toxic Mercury in Underarm Whitening Cream

Lai Cheng December 29, 2022 0 Comments

Consumers, beware. A toxics watchdog group in the Philippines has found mercury in a product from Thailand, 88 Total White Underarm Cream that claims to whiten the underarm and minimise body odour. The group, Ecowaste Coalition purchased 4 samples of the product and conducted a chemical screening on them. It found that all 4 samples contained mercury levels in the range of 2,486 to 3,130 parts...

“AGROECOLOGY FOR ALL: Initiatives in Malaysia” – TRADITIONAL OIL INDUSTRY

Lai Cheng December 23, 2022 0 Comments

R. THULASEGAWRE and A. KUMARESAN Nourishing the Generation to Come with Ghee R. Thulasegawre and A. Kumaresan are helping to sustain the healthy culinary practices that have been nourishing many generations by holding passionately to the tradition of making ghee that was inherited from their forefathers. Ghee, or clarified butter, has been part of Indian cuisine for millennia. It is added to...

“AGROECOLOGY FOR ALL: Initiatives in Malaysia” – TRADITIONAL OIL INDUSTRY

Lai Cheng December 23, 2022 0 Comments

MARAN LETCHUMANAN Reviving the Wood-pressed Oil Industry for Healthy Living Most of the edible oils that are naturally processed carry abundant nutritional value and resultant health benefits. However, in the pursuit of minimising cost and optimising profit, adulteration of edible oil seems to be an inevitable part of the oil industry. In such grave situations, consumers are perplexed about what...

“AGROECOLOGY FOR ALL: Initiatives in Malaysia” – CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION OF PENANG

Lai Cheng December 23, 2022 0 Comments

Contributions of Experts in CAP's Agroecological Ventures Over the past 2 decades, many experts have contributed in terms of ideas, training, and advice in the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP)’s endeavours towards inculcating agroecological approaches among Malaysians. Among them, the following 3 experts' contributions are constant and significant for CAP's growth in its agroecological...

MANIVELU ASEERPATHAM

Lai Cheng December 21, 2022 0 Comments

Activist Who Continuously Imparts the Benefits of Natural Farming Manivelu Aseerpatham of Sungai Siput, Perak, has been an activist for the past 3 decades. He immersed himself in all of CAP’s consumer activities from the day he realised how relevant and crucial CAP’s messages are to creating awareness among Malaysian consumers. Manivelu is a driving instructor. While guiding his students on...

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