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BAN HEAVY VEHICLES DURING PEAK HOURS

Lai Cheng April 9, 2025 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) reiterates our call to impose a ban on heavy vehicles during peak hours.  The government has gazetted a ban on lorries on highways to and from Kuala Lumpur during peak hours, starting from February 19, 2025. This rule is to smoothen traffic flow in the Klang Valley by removing slow-moving heavy vehicles during peak hours. On 20th February 2025,...
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Call for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into Putra Heights Gas Pipeline Fire

Lai Cheng April 3, 2025 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) calls for the establishment of a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into the 1 April gas pipeline fire in Putra Heights and to ensure that such a disaster does not recur. Questions have arisen on what went wrong and why the automated safety mechanism for the gas pipeline failed to trigger and how come the gas pipeline was so close to residential...
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Packaged Drinking Water Categorised as “High-Risk Food” in India

Lai Cheng March 27, 2025 0 Comments
If you often buy bottled water, take note. In December 2024, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has reclassified packaged drinking water and mineral water as a “High-Risk Food Category”. The reclassification is designed to strengthen consumer protection and maintain rigorous quality control in the packaged water industry. The FSSAI defines high-risk foods as those...
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Stern Action Should Be Taken Against the Sales of Dangerous Car Accessories

Lai Cheng February 15, 2025 0 Comments
On 12th February, 2025, Free Malaysia Today (FMT) reported that the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) has issued a warning against the use of dummy buckles as seatbelt alarm stoppers, which can compromise a car's safety features, particularly in the event of an accident. MIROS has highlighted that “A road safety activist has urged the government and police to reveal the...
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Adopt Zero Tolerance for Road Crashes

Lai Cheng January 27, 2025 0 Comments
The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) urges the Ministry of Transport to implement stricter safety measures nationwide to reduce road crashes during the Chinese New Year celebrations. Recently, there has been a concerning increase in road accidents involving heavy vehicles. In 2024 alone, there were 825 fatal accidents involving such vehicles in just 10 months. It is crucial to recognize...
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35 SKIN LIGHTENING PRODUCTS IDENTIFIED TO HAVE TOXIC MERCURY

Lai Cheng January 2, 2025 0 Comments
Philippines toxics watchdog group Ecowaste Coalition is again cautioning consumers seeking a lighter skin tone from using products containing high levels of mercury, a chemical poison that poses toxic effects on the nervous, digestive and endocrine systems, and on the kidneys, lungs, and the skin itself. The group has released a list of skin lightening products that it had purchased and screened...
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Journey to End Plastic Pollution

Lai Cheng November 12, 2024 0 Comments
From 18 to 20 October 2024, the Malaysia Stop Waste Trade Coalition – comprising CAP, C4 Center, Greenpeace Malaysia, and SAM – held the impactful Journey to End Plastic Pollution exhibition at Pavilion Bukit Jalil. The event attracted a diverse audience, including concerned citizens, families, environmentalists, and government officials, all united by a shared commitment to addressing the...
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SPEED KILLS

Lai Cheng November 7, 2024 0 Comments
When it comes to the actual likelihood that a vehicle crash will occur at all – and whether the consequences of a crash are serious, or even deadly, or not – speed is ALWAYS a factor. (Info and graphic via @BrentToderian/X)  
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