Category: Development EN

The Impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) on You and Your Children's Health, Livelihood and the Environment. Malaysia is signing onto the TPPA, which is a United States’-led economic agreement, with 11 other countries. What is your government agreeing to IN YOUR NAME? a) Health: Deeper, longer and  comprehensive pharmaceutical patents, making MEDICINES & MEDICAL...

“Trust the Government, we know what is best for you”.  This is sheer pomposity on the part of the Government and we fear that our and our future generation’s life and livelihood would be in jeopardy if we are not careful in what the Government is signing us up for. When the text of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and likewise the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement are kept secret and we have...

CAP calls on the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) and the Department of Standards (Standards Malaysia) to immediately withdraw a Malaysian proposal that it has tabled at the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) negotiations. We believe that this proposal will have potentially dangerous impacts on public health, food safety and consumer choice. The proposal by the...

Y.B. Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed Minister of International Trade and Industry Ministry of International Trade and Industry 15th Floor, Block 10, Government Offices Complex, Jalan Duta, 50622 Kuala Lumpur 21 May, 2013 Yang Berhormat, Open letter from Malaysian NGOs on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) We refer to the statement issued by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry...

Dear Yang Amat Berhormat, I wish to thank you for the personal invitation, extended in your openletter, to a meeting to discuss CAP’s and SAM’s concerns over the RM6.3 billion mega-project to build a 7 km undersea tunnel and 3 highways. I regret I cannot accept the publicised personal invitation because, in our culture, we do not invite people to meetings by open letters. In any case, a...

To promote cycling and encourage more people to commute by bicycle, the Government can implement policies that benefit cyclists. The following are some steps that have already been taken in other countries to promote bicycle-friendliness and cyclist safety, which the Malaysian government can also adopt: Officially Promote Bicycle Use -- CHANGE the current mindset that makes the car the priority....

CAP lauds the Penang government’s decision to scrap Penang's mega road projects in the event that the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report for these projects finds it not feasible.  However we view that the government should call off the proposed road projects and not waste funds for an EIA to be done as we think that it is going to be a bane for Penang. Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng was...