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CREATE A GOOD DAY, LIVE HAPPIER

Lai Cheng April 3, 2025 0 Comments
Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions. One of the world’s greatest thinkers Aristotle, taught this: "Happiness depends upon ourselves." You are the only one who can make your life happier – and better. Live each day to the fullest. Wake up early, enjoy nature, and live in the moment. To live a happier and healthy life, eat nourishing food, get enough sleep, be...
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Call for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into Putra Heights Gas Pipeline Fire

Lai Cheng April 3, 2025 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls for the establishment of a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into the 1 April gas pipeline fire in Putra Heights and to ensure that such a disaster does not recur. Questions have arisen on what went wrong and why the automated safety mechanism for the gas pipeline failed to trigger and how come the gas pipeline was so close to residential...
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AIR POLLUTION AFFECTS OUR VITAL ORGANS

Lai Cheng April 3, 2025 0 Comments
From smog hanging over cities to smoke inside the home, air pollution poses a major threat to health and climate across the globe. Air pollution is the presence of one or more contaminants in the atmosphere, such as dust, fumes, gas, mist, odour, smoke or vapour, in quantities and duration that can be injurious to human health. The main pathway of exposure from air pollution is through the...
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THE ENVIRONMENTAL COST OF FASHION

Lai Cheng April 3, 2025 0 Comments
The true cost of fashion is more than what’s on the price tag – it lingers in pollution, water waste, and emissions. Between 2000 and 2015, clothing production had doubled. It is estimated that 92 million tonnes of textile waste is generated worldwide each year. This is equivalent to a truckload of clothing being incinerated or sent to landfills every second. Fashion shouldn’t come at the...
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SAM objects to reclamation project, recommends safe closure of Jelutong landfill

Lai Cheng March 29, 2025 0 Comments
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urges the Penang state government to cancel the proposed land reclamation project adjacent to the existing Jelutong Landfill in Penang, and the EIA of the proposed project rejected by the Department of Environment due to the negative environmental and health impacts. Moreover, the proposed reclamation works will have adverse impacts on the Middle Bank, which is rich...
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Safeguard Residents’ Rights in Malaysia’s Urban Renewal Act

Lai Cheng March 29, 2025 0 Comments
The proposed Urban Renewal Act (URA) in Malaysia aims to address the issue of ageing and dilapidated buildings in urban centres by establishing a legal framework for their redevelopment. The Act proposes consent thresholds for redevelopment projects based on the age and condition of the buildings: 80 per cent consent for buildings under 30 years old, 75 per cent for those over 30 years old, and...
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DATES – NUTRITIOUS AND HEALTHY

Lai Cheng March 28, 2025 0 Comments
If you want to be healthy, don’t miss out on the goodness of dates. Dates contain a wide range of essential nutrients and have many potential health benefits. Because of this, one study concluded that dates are almost an ideal food. Dates are packed with nutrients your body needs. Just one serving of dates (about 100 grams or 4 dates) contains a high percentage of your recommended daily amount...
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HOW TO RAISE STRONG KIDS

Lai Cheng March 28, 2025 0 Comments
All parents want to protect their children from pain and difficulty. But for children to grow, they need to learn to take little risks. This boosts their confidence and makes them more independent. “Do not handicap your children by making their lives easy,” writes novelist Robert Heinlein. Children are not things to be molded, but people to be unfolded. Protecting children from harm is...
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Packaged Drinking Water Categorised as “High-Risk Food” in India

Lai Cheng March 27, 2025 0 Comments
If you often buy bottled water, take note. In December 2024, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has reclassified packaged drinking water and mineral water as a “High-Risk Food Category”. The reclassification is designed to strengthen consumer protection and maintain rigorous quality control in the packaged water industry. The FSSAI defines high-risk foods as those...
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