Category: Environment EN

  7th December 2012 URGENT BY HAND/FAX YBhg. Hjh. Patahiyah binti Ismail Yang DiPertua Majlis Perbandaran Pulau Pinang Tingkat 17 Menara KOMTAR 10675 PULAU PINANG   Assalamualaikum wrbt. Yang Berbahagia Hjh. Re: Objection to cutting or shifting of trees in Jalan Masjid Negeri CAP is shocked to learn from press reports that the MPPP is intending to commence work on Monday on its plans to...

There has been increasing concern in Penang  over the moves by the MPPP to widen Jalan Masjid Negeri by eliminating many of the trees which dot the stretch. These trees, along a road which was once aptly named Green Lane, have long been part of the natural heritage of the island. Understandably, the proposed move to replace the current  lush ambience of the whole area  with  more tar and...

PESTICIDES ENDANGER THE DEDAP RIVER The livelihood of about 300 small fishers in four villages in Kota Kuala Muda, Kedah has been threatened following pesticides contamination of the Dedap River here. Some farmers have been indiscriminately dumping used pesticides containers and residue into the canals here, which subsequently polluted the water that is released into the Dedap River.  This has...

CAP is frustrated with the Malaysian government’s continued push for incineration. Incinerators burn up and squander valuable resources, produce toxic emissions and residues, pose financial burdens to the public, and compete with waste prevention and recycling programmes that could have created jobs and benefited local economies. The Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Chor Chee...

Humankind faces an environmental, economic, and climate crisis that poses a threat to its survival through the continued promotion of monoculture tree plantations. Hence, Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and the Consumers’ Association of Penang join other organizations worldwide in today’s International Day of Struggle Against Monoculture Tree Plantations. This is a day for organizations, networks...

CAP urges the Maritime Enforcement Agency of Malaysia - Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritim Malaysia (APMM) to conduct more frequent operations in Penang waters particularly the South West District to control encroachment of trawler boats into inshore fishers zone in the state. The problem of trawler encroachment is becoming more serious and affects more than 2,000 inshore fishers in ten areas...

The recent article on logging at the Sembrong Forest Reserve in Mersing, Johor highlights the alarming practice of converting forests and land for the development of forest plantations. It is disappointing to learn that the Forestry Department is allowing conversion of forests including permanent reserved forests for development of these forest plantations. Besides Johor, several thousand acres...

CAP objects the government’s intention of constructing incinerators to dispose waste.  It is reported that the government will open an international tender for the construction of an ‘eco-friendly’ incinerator from December 2012 to April 2013. First of all the notion that there are ‘eco-friendly’ incinerators is wrong.  It is a deception invented by incinerator companies as...