Category: Development EN

Much furor has been created over Penang Forum’s letter to UNESCO requesting for an advisory mission and an impact assessment of the proposed Penang Transport Master Plan and how it might affect the Outstanding Universal Value of Penang’s World Heritage property. NGOs have been accused of putting Penang’s world heritage status at risk and back stabbing the Penang State. Are these accusations...

Malaysia seems to be out of step in allowing the Tamil movie Kabali to be filmed and shown here as well, albeit well received by Ranjinikanth fans. The movie glorified violence and the life of gangsterism surrounding the movie’s main character, don Kabaleeswaran alias Kabali, throughout the show. Ironically, while Malaysia is trying so hard to clamp down on gangsterism and violence, the...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) would like to highlight grievances with Pos Malaysia’s services faced by many in Penang. We understand that mailpieces sent by regular post have been terminally delayed. This problem became apparent sometime before the Eid al-Fitr or Hari Raya Aidil Fitri holiday. Based on our estimation, it has now been roughly 3 weeks since many in Penang last...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) finds the state of bullying in Malaysian schools to be very disturbing. The bullying phenomenon has reached a point where it can now be considered a social epidemic. It would seem that if we do not find a way to tackle this problem immediately, our society is going to turn into a violent one. However, as with all problems, before we can work towards...

Provide Permanent Houses for Residents of Kampung Permatang Tok Subuh The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) has urged a developer to not evict the residents of Kampung Permatang Tok Subuh, Seberang Perai Tengah (SPT) from their homes before all the demands made by the residents are fulfilled. CAP is dismayed over the problem faced by the residents here and disappointed that the government has...