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HOW MUCH TO EAT?

Lai Cheng June 21, 2022 0 Comments

How much you eat can be just as important as what you eat. You can have too much of a good thing if you eat everything that is served on your plate, or to satisfy your appetite. Having a healthy, balanced diet is about getting the right types of foods in the right amounts. Eating the right portion size can help you stay within your calorie and fat recommendations for the day and can help you...

TREES KEEP CITIES COOL

Lai Cheng June 20, 2022 0 Comments

A recent study has found that trees can reduce land surface temperature in European cities by up to 12 degree Celsius. Trees naturally cool the air by a process known as “transpiration cooling”. As trees release water into the atmosphere from their leaves via transpiration, the surrounding air is cooled as water goes from liquid to a vapour. Trees also cool the air by providing shade. A...

WHY BIRDS & BEES MATTER

Lai Cheng June 15, 2022 0 Comments

If birds didn’t exist, the world would be in chaos. Birds keep the climate stable, oxygenate air and transform pollutants into nutrients. And they help in reducing harmful creatures, pests and insects. If bees didn’t exist, humans wouldn’t either. One third of the world’s food supply relies on bees. Out of the 100 crop species that provide us with 90% of our food, 35% are pollinated by...

Affordable housing should be for Penangites on the island and mainland

Lai Cheng June 7, 2022 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) welcomes the Penang state government’s efforts to provide housing at an affordable price for Penangites. A recent news article stated that the Penang Development Corporation’s (PDC) latest affordable housing project in Batu Kawan called Suria 2 would begin at the end of this year and that Suria 1 had already been completed. The Suria affordable...

PROTECT ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS

Lai Cheng June 7, 2022 0 Comments

It is World Environment Day (WED) on Sunday, June 5. The 2022 WED campaign #OnlyOneEarth calls for collective, transformative action on a global scale to celebrate, protect and restore our planet. Malaysia, which is blessed as being one of the 17 mega-biodiverse countries in the world according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), must do its part to protect its forests,...

Price Tagging Laws must be enforced

Mei Cheng June 3, 2022 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs to enforce the Price Control Act 1946 Amendment 1973, Section 8 (1) which requires traders to display price tags on goods that are meant for sale. Our repeated survey around Penang Island showed that many traders especially food stalls and restaurants are blatantly flouting the Price Control...

Help BAN Lead in Paints

Lai Cheng June 3, 2022 0 Comments

The Department of Standards Malaysia is currently soliciting public comments on the draft Malaysian Standard (MS) for Architectural Coatings. Architectural coatings, often called exterior wall coatings, are paints and other coatings used to paint the exteriors and interiors of buildings. It is intended for on-site use on the interior and exterior surfaces of residential, commercial,...

Groups Back Phase-Out of “Forever Chemicals” to Protect Women and Other Vulnerable Sectors

Lai Cheng June 1, 2022 0 Comments

Various civil society groups have joined forces to call for a global ban on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) ahead of the World Environment Day. Also known as the “forever chemicals,” PFAS do not break down in the environment and build up in the bodies of humans and wildlife over time, resulting in adverse health effects. At a webinar co-organized by the EcoWaste Coalition with...

Quitters are not losers, they just kick the butts

Lai Cheng May 30, 2022 0 Comments

In conjunction with the WNTD, the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) is joining other countries in the world in marking the World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) which falls on 31 May 2022. The WNTD’s theme for this year is “Tobacco: Threat to our environment”. Cigarette butts are the most common litter that often go unnoticed and they are discarded everywhere such as on roads, parks, beaches,...

Government should set a reasonable ceiling price for e-hailing ride fares

Lai Cheng May 27, 2022 0 Comments

In recent days there has been a lot of talk about Grab price hikes and their price surge system. Many Consumer groups have called for the government to do something to control the exorbitant prices that Grab is charging their customers. The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) echoes this call. For many people without their own transport, e-hailing services are a necessity. Of course there...

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