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TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF

Lai Cheng July 29, 2024 0 Comments
Take time each day for things you enjoy and to stay connected with those you > Keep in touch with people you care about. > Think about what you can do for others. > Reach out to a trusted person or health worker if you need help. Source: WHO  
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Prevent Young Children from Going Missing

Lai Cheng July 26, 2024 0 Comments
The nation breathed a sigh of relief when it was announced that the 6-year-old girl who had gone missing in Johor Bahru recently has been found. She and her family must be traumatised and they will need much time and therapy to heal. Children can go missing for many reasons. Teenagers may choose to leave the home due to conflict with parents or guardians, running away from an abusive...
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CAP Submits Memorandum Calling for Outright Ban on Asbestos

Lai Cheng July 23, 2024 0 Comments
  The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister and relevant Ministries and agencies on 22 July 2024, renewing our call for an outright ban on all forms of asbestos. CAP made a similar call to ban asbestos through a memorandum submitted in May 2001 and subsequent demands via letters, discussions and consultations with various authorities. Asbestos is a...
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SWITCH TO HEALTHIER FOODS TO PREVENT DISEASE

Lai Cheng July 22, 2024 0 Comments
Are your daily foods high in sugar, unhealthy fats, and refined carbohydrates? These may harm your health if eaten regularly and lead to some chronic health conditions. Such foods are also inappropriate for people with diabetes, or heart and weight problems. Why not swap less healthy food and cooking ingredients with more nutritious and wholesome alternatives? This can give you fewer calories,...
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3 INTERESTING SEAWEED FACTS

Lai Cheng July 22, 2024 0 Comments
Our oceans provide us with more than just fish to eat. There are many other nutritious and delicious aquatic products that come from our seas – take seaweed for instance! Did you know these 3 facts about seaweed? Source: Food and Agriculture Organization              
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THE TRUE NATURE OF LOVE

Lai Cheng July 22, 2024 0 Comments
Love springs from within you. It's what connects us to the Universe, to each other, and to the natural world. Love is like gravity, an invisible field that flows and joins living beings together, teaching a creative wisdom and compassionate appreciation for all life. Love holds no expectations, no judgment. It cannot be bought, sold, possessed or monetised. Love's doorway to this world is an...
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Legal Experts and Advocates Convene for Inaugural Food and Nutrition Legal Symposium in Asia 

Lai Cheng July 18, 2024 0 Comments
GHAI collaborated with our partner FAKTA, an Indonesian consumer defense organization, to host our first Asia legal symposium in Bali, Indonesia the last weekend of May. Legal experts and advocates dedicated to using law to advance public health policies and transform food systems from 12 countries and 23 organizations attended. They shared cutting-edge legal strategies, lessons learned and how...
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TOXIC CHEMICALS IN CHILDREN’S SCHOOL SUPPLIES

Lai Cheng July 18, 2024 0 Comments
The Ecowaste Coalition, a toxics watchdog group in the Philippines, is advising parents to be careful when buying school supplies and children’s products as many of these contain chemicals hazardous to children’s health. The group recently bought 110 assorted school supplies – from backpacks to paper clips – from retail stores and online sellers in the Philippines and analysed them for...
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