Category: Environment EN

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urges the Pahang government to take prompt action to protect the natural environment of Janda Baik near Bentong here so as not to continue to be threatened by any form of activity in the area. In addition to the problem of deforestation, serious attention should also be given to the quality of river water. We are concerned that the river may potentially be polluted in...

CAP urges the Penang state government to take immediate action to solve the pig waste pollution problem faced by villagers of Kampung Titi Hitam near Sungai Bakap in the Seberang Perai Selatan District here.  The problem arising from a pig sty in this village has caused the area to stink and affects the villagers’ daily lives. The villagers claim to suffer from headaches and nausea because of...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) urged the Kedah state government and the Department of Environment (DOE) to conduct a thorough investigation and to publicly disclose the findings on the real causes of pollution of the Sungai Dingin near Serdang recently. CAP is disappointed that although this river has been polluted for the past eight years but until now the source of pollution has...

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) urged the state government of Penang and Seberang Perai Municipal Council (MPSP) to take immediate action to stop the operation of a fibre glass boat making and repair workshop which is operating illegally in Kampung Kuala Sungai Acheh near Nibong Tebal here. Stringent measures should be taken as the workshop owner did not get permission or operating...

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) urges the Sungai Petani Municipal Council (MPSPK) in Kedah to take immediate action to curb domestic wastewater pollution from housing estates, which threatens 23 hectares of paddy fields in Kampung Masjid and Kampung Teroi here. Paddy cultivated by 10 farmers from both villages is severely damaged due to the pollution and this had affected the farmers’...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) urges the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry to investigate and take prompt action to resolve the problem of 2,000 coastal fishers in the Kerian district, Perak whose livelihood has been affected due to the implementation of aquaculture projects in the area. The shrimp farming activities that began 20 years ago have not only destroyed...

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) would like to register our strong opposition to the growing of genetically modified (GM) rubber trees in Malaysia.  Late last year, the Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia (RRIM) submitted an application seeking approval for conducting a ‘confined’ field trial of GM rubber trees in Penawar, Kota Tinggi, Johor. In...