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Parents’ Smartphone Use Can Affect Baby’s Development

Lai Cheng December 29, 2025 0 Comments
We already know excessive smartphone use affects people’s mental health and their relationships. But when new parents use digital technologies during caregiving, they might also compromise their baby’s development. Smartphone use in the presence of infants is associated with a range of negative developmental outcomes, including threats to the formation of a secure attachment. The transition...
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PROTECT NATURE’S GIFTS

Lai Cheng December 29, 2025 0 Comments
The earth gives us its greatest treasure: clean air, fresh water, abundant life, and endless beauty. These gifts shared with us – every day, year after year – sustain us, inspire us, and remind us of our place in nature. Forests give us the air we breathe, the shade we seek, and a home for countless creatures. The ocean gives us the fish we eat, the oxygen we need, natural barriers like reefs...
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This Holiday Season…

Lai Cheng December 29, 2025 0 Comments
SPEND SENSIBLY, BUY WITH PURPOSE The most expensive part of the holidays isn’t the gifts. It’s the regret after the lights are gone. Sales are everywhere. Everything feels urgent. Every promo looks like a “once-in-a-lifetime” deal. But when you buy something your budget can’t really afford, the happiness doesn’t last. January comes with bills. Money feels tight. And the stress hits...
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SLEEP WELL, FEEL BETTER

Lai Cheng December 29, 2025 0 Comments
Sleep does more than restore energy. Research shows that consistently getting 7-9 hours of sleep each night can reduce overall feelings of sadness by about 22%, highlighting how deeply rest shapes emotional health. During sleep, the brain actively processes emotions. Key regions involved in mood regulation reset stress responses and organize emotional memories. When sleep is limited, these...
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UN Report Estimates Bold Climate Action Would Deliver $100 Trillion in Benefits by 2100

Lai Cheng December 29, 2025 0 Comments
“If we choose to stay on the current path — powering our economies with fossil fuels, extracting virgin resources, destroying nature, polluting the environment — the damages would stack up.” A new report from the United Nations Environment Program has found that addressing the global climate emergency would deliver major economic benefits, in addition to creating a cleaner and more...
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RETURN TO BASICS

Lai Cheng December 29, 2025 0 Comments
They didn’t just sell us convenience. They sold us the idea that exhaustion is normal – and that dependence equals progress. Somewhere along the way, cooking turned into a chore instead of a ritual. Gardening became a “hobby,” not a birthright. Preserving food shifted from a survival skill to a lifestyle aesthetic. But that knowledge never disappeared. It was only interrupted. The soil...
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KINDNESS OVER LUXURY

Lai Cheng December 29, 2025 0 Comments
Japanese Man Sells Ferrari to Build Animal Shelter After His Pet Dog Saved His Life A 54-year-old Japanese businessman, Hirotaka Saito, made a life-changing decision after his own dog saved him from ending his life: he sold his Ferrari and closed his company to open Wansfree, a free canine rescue in Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture. Specializing in “problematic dogs” – those with aggressive...
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Energy Conservation in School – Class Energy Monitors Lead by Example

Lai Cheng December 24, 2025 0 Comments
In CAP’s energy-saving programmes for schools conducted this year, schools were advised to appoint “energy monitors” in classrooms to lead the initiative. This student-led behavioural programme is vital for fostering responsibility and creating a culture of energy conservation. Besides checking for lights, computers, and fans left on, and reminding peers and teachers, energy monitors...
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Lobbying of MPs over GEG Bill: CAP Reiterates Call for RCI

Lai Cheng December 24, 2025 0 Comments
Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) has urged the government to establish a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) after tobacco and vape industry representatives lobbied MPs in the Parliament building, undermining its role as a place where laws are enacted. CAP president Mohideen Abdul Kader said the lobbying efforts violated the World Health Organisation's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control...
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