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Overflowing Leachate From Pulau Burung Sanitary Landfill Polluting Water Bodies And The Environment

admin May 10, 2016 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and the Penang Inshore Fishermen Welfare Association (PIFWA) are very concerned over the critical level of leachate from a retention pond in the Pulau Burung Sanitary Landfill in Nibong Tebal, Penang. The Penang State Government, Municipal Council of Seberang Perai (MPSP), Department of Environment (DOE), Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID), and the Forestry...

No Transport Hub at Prangin Canal, Please

admin April 26, 2016 0 Comments

By Khoo Salmah Nasution President, Penang Heritage Trust The newly announced Penang Transport Masterplan proposes a transport hub at the Prangin Canal. The open space is important to the people who live and work around it. The Prangin Market, the Prangin Canal, the heritage shophouses and the underground remains make this place rich with social memory. Prangin Canal was built in 1804 as part of a...

Public Response to The Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP)

admin April 25, 2016 0 Comments

We, the undersigned civil society organisations, wish to issue the following statement in response to the Penang Master Transport Plan. We support the idea of a transport masterplan and the need to prioritise public transport over the present private car-centric transport system. We wish to commend the Penang State Government for this pro-active move. However there are very fundamental and...

Trees for the Earth

admin April 22, 2016 0 Comments

CAP celebrates Earth Day 2016 Our planet is currently losing over 15 billion trees each year, equivalent to 48 football fields every minute. This is outrageous. In Malaysia, we have been losing our precious trees to make way for development, logging, large-scale plantations, urbanization, road projects, etc. Our task now is to stop indiscriminate felling of trees and start planting more trees....

Odour Pollution: An Environmental Pollution that Must be Abated — Government Should Serve People not Corporations

admin April 19, 2016 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the authorities to seriously consider odour as an important environmental pollution issue as it affects communities’ quality of life and infringes our right for a clean environment. Efforts to abate odour levels are necessary in order to maintain the quality of the environment and hence life. CAP is disappointed in the manner the Penang...

600 Coastal Fishermen in Teluk Bahang Affected by Pollution

admin April 18, 2016 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) urged the Penang state government and relevant authorities to investigate and take immediate action to resolve marine pollution in Teluk Bahang that has threatened the livelihood of 600 coastal fishers here. The pollution problem that has become more serious in the past three months has resulted in affected fishermen not going to sea because their...

CAP Calls for Rehabilitation of Paddy Fields in Kampung Ewa, Langkawi

admin April 15, 2016 0 Comments

The Consumers Association of Penang urges the Department of Agriculture Kedah and the Drainage and Irrigation Department to take immediate action to assist 30 farmers in Kampung Ewa, Langkawi Island to rehabilitate their paddy fields which have remained idle for the past three years. The paddy fields covering about 100 acres have been left unattended due to insufficient water supply to irrigate...

Stop Peatland Destruction

admin April 12, 2016 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) calls on the Sarawak government to stop further development on peatlands in the State. Among the ongoing development is BLD Plantation Berhad’s concession in North of Sibu. Satellite image analysis performed by Friends of the Orangutans (FOTO) showed that between June and September 2015 BLD had cleared an average of 11 hectares daily. Large-scale development and...

Shrimp culture projects threaten environment and coastal fishers in Balik Pulau, Penang

admin March 26, 2016 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) urge the Penang state government to take immediate measures to stop the shrimp culture projects in Balik Pulau that have threatened the environment and livelihood of more than 1,000 coastal fishers here. The problem that began more than 10 years ago has become more serious because the shrimp farmers have expanded their...

Revocation Of NCR Extinguishment For Baram Dam Lauded

admin March 23, 2016 0 Comments

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) lauds the Sarawak State Government for heeding the calls to revoke the extinguishment of the native customary rights (NCR) of between 26 and 30 villages affected by the Baram Dam, located between Long Na’ah and Long Kesseh. SAM also commends the affected communities in Baram for steadfastly making their concerns heard to the State Government over the proposed dam...

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