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Depression: Is Malaysia prepared to handle this mental health crisis?

admin March 14, 2019 0 Comments

A recent report released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on ‘Depression and Other Common Mental Disorders estimates that in 2015 there were over 1.1 million cases of depressive disorders in Malaysia . The report further states that depression is a major contributor to suicide deaths accounting for 800,000 or 1.5% of all deaths globally. If we extrapolate this estimate locally, in...

NEED TO CLEAN DRAINS

Admin February 8, 2019 0 Comments

Consumers Association of Penang(CAP) urges the City Council of Penang (MBPP) and Seberang Perai Municipal Council (MPSP) to increase efforts in cleaning up drains in Penang to prevent the spread of diseases. CAP’s recent survey at various locations found many clogged drains. They have not been cleaned and were also covered with grease. Waste thrown in the drains clogged them up and produced...

MoH Lets Horse Bolt Before Closing The Gate

admin December 27, 2018 0 Comments

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is shocked and disappointed that the Malaysian Health Ministry (MoH) allows the sale of heat-not-burn (HNB) tobacco product devices and exempted them from pictorial health warning (PHW). It is puzzling why MoH is confused with the Control of Tobacco Product (our italics) Regulations (CTPR), thinking that it regulates only shredded tobacco rolled in...

Review Procedure For Admission Of Under 6 Year Olds To Standard 1

admin December 23, 2018 0 Comments

Children must have completed 6 years of age on 1st January of the year they are entering school. However, since 2003 an exception is given to children who are up to two weeks younger (born 2nd to 15 January) if they have reached the “mental and reading age” of 6 year olds. These 2-weeks younger children are required to go through a very stressful evaluation process (saringan). The first...

Debunking the ‘Heat-Not-Burn Tobacco Product’ Myths

admin December 20, 2018 0 Comments

In response to Philip Morris (M) Sdn Bhd (PMM)’s recent media release, the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) wishes to rebut the claims. In the opening statement PMM stated that “we would like to stress that our smoke-free products are intended to be better alternatives for adult smokers who can’t or don’t want to quit”. We ought to ask why smokers are unable to quit. The answer...

Smokers: 1 Million Under 10 Years, Majority Of 4.7 Million Start Before 18

admin November 22, 2018 0 Comments

CAP Fully supports the ban on cigarette sale and smoking in eaterie More than one million of the smokers in Malaysia are under the age of 10, and they emit about 4,000 noxious and cancerous chemicals present in tobacco. Most of the 4.7 million smokers in the country start smoking before the age of 18, according to the Health Ministry. Over 60 chemicals present in cigarette smoke can cause cancer...

Promote Healthy Eating to Combat Diabetes

admin November 14, 2018 0 Comments

Diabetes has become a condition of epidemic proportion worldwide prompting the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) to declare November 14 as World Diabetes Day. The theme for World Diabetes Day 2018 and 2019 is The Family and Diabetes. Diabetes spares no group — attacking men, women, children, the elderly and people from every racial...

October 21 – 27 is the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week.

admin October 22, 2018 0 Comments

October 21 - 27 is the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. Malaysia lacks a lead paint regulation to protect children. Ethical manufacturers need not wait for government controls before they act. Now is the time to end all manufacture and sale of lead paints

CAP calls for laws to eliminate lead in paints

admin October 18, 2018 0 Comments

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recognized October 21-27 2018 as International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (ILPPW) and its main concern is the role of lead exposure in the development of intellectual disability in children. This year WHO is calling on governments, academia, industry and civil society to come out with specific laws to eliminate lead in paint. According to...

Smoking al fresco: Just ban it!

admin October 16, 2018 0 Comments

How can Malaysia move forward in tandem with other countries when we keep making U-turns in our decisions, the latest being the ban on smoking even having al fresco meals? The government is seen buckling under pressure from certain quarters but it had missed the points of why smoking ban has to be implemented in the first place: About 23% of the Malaysian population are smokers and this means...

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