Category: Environment EN

Penang Hill transformed - NST Sahabat Alam Malaysia is deeply concerned and objects to the proposal of a cable car system in Penang as it would bring about devastating impacts, result in a drastic change in the hill’s atmosphere and surrounding the ground stations. SAM therefore calls on the Federal and State government to scrap this proposal. The proposed cable car plan, estimated to cost...

The direct seeding method practised by farmers in the country particularly in the Muda Agriculture Development Authority (MADA) area for the past thirty years have brought about many problems in rice cultivation, affecting the income of the farmers. In a survey conducted by the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP), we found that the direct seeding method that has replaced the traditional method...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urges the Perak State government, Manjung Municipal Council (MPM) and the Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) to take immediate action to overcome the problem of frequent flooding at Kampung Padang Serai near Pantai Remis here. The floods have been ongoing since ten years ago but until now no action has been taken by the relevant authorities to identify the...

The Consumers Association of Penang and Sahabat Alam Malaysia demand that the Penang State Government immediately orders the stopping of sand dredging and mining at the estuaries of Sungai Kelian and Sungai Kechil in Tanjung Bungah in Penang. We share the grave concerns of residents and fishermen living near the coastline near these areas reported in the news today.  Such activities are...