Category: Environment EN

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) urges the Penang State Government and relevant authorities to reconsider the development of a crematorium in Mukim 16, Bandar Air Itam. In a media meet today, a resident of Jalan Balik Pulau, Ms. Ching Chooi Ngoh, 46 years old, voiced her concerns that the crematorium project is not in harmony with the environment here. CAP is of the opinion that...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urges the Penang state government and local authority to investigate the causes of recent flash floods in three villages including some major roads surrounding Bukit Mertajam, Seberang Perai Tengah (SPT). A total of 100 houses in Machang Bubok, Permatang Rawa and Tanah Liat were affected by flash floods after heavy rain a few days ago. The flash flood caused a lot of...

The income of nearly 200 fishermen in Sungai Batu, near Pantai Remis, Manjung district in Perak has been affected following offshore tin mining activities by a company in their fishing area. The problem faced by the fishermen since the offshore tin mining operations began last month has resulted in fish and shrimp catches to decline and fishermen fear that their catch would further dwindle. In a...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) urges the government to take stringent action to eliminate the activities of drag net (pukat rawa sorong) boats which is banned in this country. According to the Fisheries Act 1985, those found guilty of violating the regulations promulgated under this act will be liable to a fine of RM20,000.00 or two years imprisonment or both. Besides violating the...

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) were surprised to encounter a garbage dump in Teluk Mengkudu during our field-work in Manjung district in the state of Perak. We were baffled because the Department of Environment (DOE) had on 29 August 2013 rejected a Detailed Environmental Impact Assessment (DEIA) report for a Level 4 Sanitary Landfill to be developed in...

Landed houses and shop-houses in residential zones are supposed to be safeguarded from encroachment by industrial activities of any kind by Sec. 27(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1976 (the Act). However, the sanctity of residential zones in Penang is now at the mercy of the whims and fancies of the Development Planning Department (DPD) of the Majlis Bandaraya Pulau Pinang (MBPP) and the...

Soil is a finite, non-renewable resource, meaning its loss and degradation is not recoverable within a human lifespan. Hence the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is very concerned of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report that 33 percent of land is moderately to highly degraded due to erosion, salinization, compaction, acidification and chemical pollution of soils.  Soil...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) are disappointed with the Penang State Planning Committee (SPC) chaired by the Chief Minister for approving conversion of hill reserve land to residential zones. In addition to this the State has also announced several other massive projects. We view that the State is not respecting the sanctity of the hills and other...

CAP urges the state government and the City Council of Penang (MBPP) to give serious attention and take swift action to overcome the island’s garbage pollution problem. CAP is dismayed that although there has been complaints among many locals and tourists regarding the garbage problem but the situation remains unchanged until now. Last year, the Penang state government had spent RM15.8 million...