Category: Development EN

Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the government to end the outsourcing of electrical energy production to independent power producers (IPPs) as it  has been a drain on the resources of Tenaga Nasional Berhad (Tenaga) and a burden to the consumers. We believe that Tenaga, with decades of experience in energy production unlike the IPPs who had no experience when they entered the...

The Malaysian Government last week has been negotiating free trade agreements  (FTAs) with the United States of America (via the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement or TPP) and with the European Union (EU). These negotiations were taking place, simultaneously in Auckland, New Zealand (from Dec 6 to 10) and in Brussels, Belgium (Dec 6 to 9). The Consumers Association of Penang is deeply...

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) is outraged to learn that the Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Minister Datuk Seri Noh Omar had declared that the fish farm project in Bukit Merah will remain as the site has been gazetted. Datuk Seri Noh Omar was commenting on CAP’s call that the Ministry cancels the arowana breeding project that would adversely affect paddy growing area in the...

The Consumers' Association of Penang (CAP) is shocked to learn about a massive Arowana fish breeding project near Bukit Merah Lake in Kerian District of Perak that is taking away hundreds of acres of rice-growing land and the water supply to 200,000 consumers in several areas. The project has been undertaken in a highly suspicious manner and we call on the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based...

We reproduce a feature on CAP’s President in the Star on 30 October 2010. Consumers Association of Penang president S.M. Mohamed Idris fields the 10 questions posed to him by the Star readers.   Would you agree that many times, your concrete suggestions for the betterment of Malaysian Society is taken as criticisms of and by the people in power? Kumar, Rawang Politicians and bureaucrats...

CAP is against any water supply subsidies that are being given to consumers in Penang and Malaysia if we are to become a water-efficient nation.  We are appalled to learn that the domestic water subsidy in Penang had reached the level of RM41 million last year. Without appreciating the true value of water, consumers will not use water wisely. Cheap water is not the solution.  If water is too...