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PROTECT NATURE’S GIFTS

Lai Cheng December 29, 2025 0 Comments

The earth gives us its greatest treasure: clean air, fresh water, abundant life, and endless beauty. These gifts shared with us – every day, year after year – sustain us, inspire us, and remind us of our place in nature. Forests give us the air we breathe, the shade we seek, and a home for countless creatures. The ocean gives us the fish we eat, the oxygen we need, natural barriers like reefs...

This Holiday Season…

Lai Cheng December 29, 2025 0 Comments

SPEND SENSIBLY, BUY WITH PURPOSE The most expensive part of the holidays isn’t the gifts. It’s the regret after the lights are gone. Sales are everywhere. Everything feels urgent. Every promo looks like a “once-in-a-lifetime” deal. But when you buy something your budget can’t really afford, the happiness doesn’t last. January comes with bills. Money feels tight. And the stress hits...

How Cigarettes Affect Your Health

Lai Cheng December 29, 2025 0 Comments

Smoking is injurious to health – it harms nearly every organ in your body. Quitting puts you and your body on the path back to health. Check out the video below for the details.

SLEEP WELL, FEEL BETTER

Lai Cheng December 29, 2025 0 Comments

Sleep does more than restore energy. Research shows that consistently getting 7-9 hours of sleep each night can reduce overall feelings of sadness by about 22%, highlighting how deeply rest shapes emotional health. During sleep, the brain actively processes emotions. Key regions involved in mood regulation reset stress responses and organize emotional memories. When sleep is limited, these...

UN Report Estimates Bold Climate Action Would Deliver $100 Trillion in Benefits by 2100

Lai Cheng December 29, 2025 0 Comments

“If we choose to stay on the current path — powering our economies with fossil fuels, extracting virgin resources, destroying nature, polluting the environment — the damages would stack up.” A new report from the United Nations Environment Program has found that addressing the global climate emergency would deliver major economic benefits, in addition to creating a cleaner and more...

RETURN TO BASICS

Lai Cheng December 29, 2025 0 Comments

They didn’t just sell us convenience. They sold us the idea that exhaustion is normal – and that dependence equals progress. Somewhere along the way, cooking turned into a chore instead of a ritual. Gardening became a “hobby,” not a birthright. Preserving food shifted from a survival skill to a lifestyle aesthetic. But that knowledge never disappeared. It was only interrupted. The soil...

KINDNESS OVER LUXURY

Lai Cheng December 29, 2025 0 Comments

Japanese Man Sells Ferrari to Build Animal Shelter After His Pet Dog Saved His Life A 54-year-old Japanese businessman, Hirotaka Saito, made a life-changing decision after his own dog saved him from ending his life: he sold his Ferrari and closed his company to open Wansfree, a free canine rescue in Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture. Specializing in “problematic dogs” – those with aggressive...

Energy Conservation in School – Class Energy Monitors Lead by Example

Lai Cheng December 24, 2025 0 Comments

In CAP’s energy-saving programmes for schools conducted this year, schools were advised to appoint “energy monitors” in classrooms to lead the initiative. This student-led behavioural programme is vital for fostering responsibility and creating a culture of energy conservation. Besides checking for lights, computers, and fans left on, and reminding peers and teachers, energy monitors...

Lobbying of MPs over GEG Bill: CAP Reiterates Call for RCI

Lai Cheng December 24, 2025 0 Comments

Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) has urged the government to establish a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) after tobacco and vape industry representatives lobbied MPs in the Parliament building, undermining its role as a place where laws are enacted. CAP president Mohideen Abdul Kader said the lobbying efforts violated the World Health Organisation's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control...

ADVANCING A JUST ENERGY TRANSITION IN MALAYSIA

Lai Cheng December 22, 2025 0 Comments

CAP's Energy-Saving Efforts in Selected Schools in Penang In 2025, CAP initiated energy-saving programmes in twelve schools and one civil society organisation across the state of Penang. The primary objectives of the project were to raise awareness among the target groups regarding climate change, highlight the importance of energy conservation and efficiency in mitigating its impact, and...

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