Category: Development EN

The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM)’s scandal involving naturalised or “heritage” players and the alleged forging of official documents has brought disrepute to both the sports body and the nation. The issue concerns seven foreign-born players who were reportedly provided with forged documents before going on to represent the Malaysian national football team. The Consumers’...

Kuala Lumpur/ Jakarta / Manila / Bangkok: 24 November 2025 — The 15th meeting of the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) Negotiating Committee is scheduled to take place from 24 to 28 November in Kuala Lumpur this week. Civil society organizations from across ASEAN reiterate calls for greater transparency and meaningful public engagement in the ongoing negotiations of the DEFA,...

The recent spectacle of our world-class airport terminal knee-deep in floodwater, a chaotic sequel to the perennial breakdown of its aerotrains, was more than just an operational failure. It was a perfect, damning metaphor for the state of our nation. We have become an international laughing stock not for a lack of ambition, but for a fundamental failure in execution. This is not merely bad luck...

George Town, PENANG (20 November 2025) – Residents of Bandar Sri Pinang and the surrounding neighbourhoods, together with the Protect Karpal Singh Drive Action Committee (ProtectKarpal), today submitted a formal memorandum to both the Chief Minister of Penang and the Leader of the Opposition at the Penang State Assembly, calling for the rejection of the proposed reclamation and landfill...

People With A Purpose is a book on CAP’s activities and work on community issues and consumer-related matters in the early years. Authored by Troth and Dexter Tiranti, members of the editorial team of the New Internationalist magazine – who described CAP as “one of the country’s highly impressive people’s organisations” – it documents CAP’s important purpose of looking into...

In parts of the Philippines, where children once risked their lives crossing rough waters just to reach school, teachers have turned the tide – quite literally. Floating schools and boat classrooms are now bringing education straight to remote island and coastal communities. Here’s how it works. In Puerto Galera (Mindoro), the Sea Adventure School sails to coastal villages, teaching marine...

From 6 to 13 September 2025, over 700 delegates from more than 100 countries gathered in Kandy, Sri Lanka for the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum for Food Sovereignty. Peasants, Indigenous Peoples, pastoralists, fishers, feminist movements, youth, workers, and activists united across continents to renew the global struggle for justice, dignity, and life – giving birth to the Kandy Declaration. More...

How Singapore’s Changi Airport Saves Over 8 Million Gallons of Water a Year Singapore’s Changi Airport isn’t just a travel hub – it’s a blueprint for sustainable infrastructure. At the heart of Jewel Changi lies the stunning Rain Vortex – the world’s tallest indoor waterfall, powered by harvested rainwater collected from its enormous dome-shaped roof. Instead of letting tropical...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) wishes to draw attention to the potential harms posed by artificial intelligence (AI), even as society rightly acknowledges its many advantages. AI can be a powerful tool for progress, but it also carries risks that must not be overlooked, from fostering psychological dependence and enabling manipulation to facilitating deception on an unprecedented...

Malaysia has just signed a trade agreement with the United States that strips away our regulatory autonomy, subordinates our foreign policy to Washington's interests, constrains our ability to raise revenue, and commits us to spending a staggering US$220 billion over the next decade. This is not a reciprocal trade agreement. It is a capitulation dressed up as commerce. The Consumers’...