Category: Environment EN

MARINE RESOURCES AND LIVELIHOOD OFCOASTAL FISHERS THREATENED The livelihood of around 500 coastal fishers in Kuala Sungai Pinang and Kuala Jalan Baru, Balik Pulau, Penang has been severely affected following the implementation of shrimp farming projects in this area. The project has not only destroyed hundreds of acres of mangrove forests which are breeding grounds of marine life but has also...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the City Council of Penang Island (MBPP) and Penang State Government to cancel the 1.8km road widening project along Jalan Masjid Negeri to save the roadside trees. In a press conference, MBPP had mentioned that the number of trees affected along the Jalan Scotland-bound stretch, starting from Lorong Batu Lanchang - Jalan Masjid Negeri...

Thus, the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is very disappointed to learn that the City Council of Penang Island (MBPP) will be uprooting several trees at Jalan Masjid Negeri, along the stretch across the road from the McDonald’s outlet. This is done to make way for another car lane, giving priority to vehicles over our trees and environment. This is not the first of this odious act....

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) urges the Maritime Enforcement Agency of Malaysia (Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritim Malaysia -- APMM) and the Perak State Fisheries Department to take urgent action to resolve problems faced by about 500 coastal fishers in Kuala Kurau who are threatened by Apollo net users. The problem that has occurred since the last 30 years has not only jeopardized the...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) urged the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry to study and take necessary action to resolve the problem of poor soil condition in the paddy fields in Kerian District, Perak. The soil here is liquefied, soft and mucky. CAP is concerned that if the poor soil problem is not tackled immediately it may affect the income and livelihood of the...