Category: Development EN

The Inaugural S M MOHAMED IDRIS MEMORIAL LECTURE can be viewed here:

Happening tonight at 8pm. The Inaugural SM Mohd Idris Memorial Lecture. Please join us. Meeting link: Meeting number: 2516 394 2998 Password: MemorialLecture

We welcome you to join us at the Inaugural S M Mohamed Idris Memorial Lecture on 6th December 2021. The lecture will be delivered by Dr Vandana Shiva, Indian Scholar, Environmental Activist, Food Sovereignty Advocate, Ecofeminist and Anti-globalisation Author.

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs and Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) to take immediate steps to bring down the price of vegetables which has increased up to 200% in the past two weeks. The Following prices listed below give the comparative price. No Items Old Price(RM) New Price(RM) Percentage 1. Cauliflower...

On 10 November 2021, Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow announced that Penang is considering shutting down the problematic Penang Hill funicular train service if it continues to break down, stressing on the importance of passenger safety. CAP is shocked at this announcement and hopes that the shutdown will not be a permanent one. The iconic Penang Hill Railway was opened in 1923 with work...

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) urges the Penang Port (PP) to review its current Penang-Butterworth ferry service schedule because its two-hour intervals between trips will cause inconvenience to pedestrian commuters in particular. PP’s ferry service schedule is published in its website at Pedestrian commuters are often helpless, dependent on the ferry to take them across the channel...

The  Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) hopes that the Penang City Council (MBPP) will give due consideration to the problems faced by some of the 84 families who cultivate in the open land at Pintasan Kelicap, Jalan Dato Ismail Hashim, Bayan Lepas here. Following the MBPP's notice directing them to remove the crops and structures without permission on the shoulder of the road, CAP also...

WED (8 September 2021): The fishing community in the vicinity of the proposed Penang South Reclamation (PSR) Project has won its appeal at the Department of Environment (DOE) that resulted in the revocation of the Penang South Islands’ (PSI) environmental impact assessment (EIA) approval. "This decision is very significant as it is not only important for the PSR case but all EIA approvals as...

The current Covid-19 pandemic has posed a serious challenge to zoo operations because they generally survive on gate collections, rentals, and on support from donors and sponsors. Lockdowns badly affected gate collections and financial aids and these are what many zoos depend on. Closer to home, the annual operational cost of keeping the two giant pandas from China was RM2.25 million in 2015....

In anticipation of the International Day of Older Persons which falls on 1 October, the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) urges the government to prioritise the drafting of a bill to safeguard the rights of the elderly. In September 2019, the Malaysian government had wanted to draft the bill basing on the outcome of a 15-month study conducted by Universiti Malaya and the study should have...