Consumers Association of Penang
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Penang Enforcement Chief, Chin Ching Chuang, from the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs, yesterday reported in the local daily, that the durian sellers in Macalister Road were slapped with two compounds amounting to RM2,000. The sellers were compounded for displaying misleading prices and not displaying prices in the national language. The routine surveys …
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is pleased to know that our Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has stated that the tabling of the Consumer Credit Act will be expedited to this year. Last month when the BNM Governor, Datuk Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus, had stated that a Consumer Credit Act could finally be …
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The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) is shocked with the pre-empted announcement by the Minister of Finance even before the scheduled budget dialogue which is to be held on 27th June 2019, that the long awaited inheritance tax would not be implemented. This would only contribute to the worsening of the inequality between the haves and the have-nots. Many governments …
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls on the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) to put any immediate freeze and stop cement players from imposing a price increase on cement. Cement is listed as a “scheduled control goods” in KPDNHEP’s website dated 2019. However according to a 2008 news report the then …
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With Thaipusam and Chinese New Year just around the corner, local coconut growers and sellers encountered a challenging situation to sell local coconuts that are priced between RM1.20 and RM1.50 each against those from Indonesia that are priced between RM0.80 and RM1.00. The reason is that coconuts imported from Indonesia cost only RM550 per tonne, …
