SM Mohamed Idris

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) urges a #BetterDigitalWorld in ensuring the safety of Internet users in conjunction with this year’s World Consumers Day theme as proposed by Consumers International, ‘Consumer Rights in the Digital Age’.

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) strongly urges the Malaysian government not to join the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants of 1991 (UPOV 1991).

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) is disappointed with the statement by YB Phee Boon Poh, Penang state exco member for Welfare, Caring Society and Environment quoted in a Malay Daily implying that the state is willing to destroy the mangroves in Bagan Jermal to make way for the implementation of a reclamation project here.

The Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) had warned consumers as early as the 1980s - three decades ago - and went on to publish a book titled ‘Halal Haram’ on the subject of halal products in 2006, but the warning has fallen on deaf ears.

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is very concerned and strongly object to the decision made by the Muda Agricultural Development Authority (Mada) to encourage rice farmers to use drones for spraying pesticides onto their padi fields as a pest control method.

Given the new developments regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), Malaysia should withdraw from the agreement. It should also stop implementing changes in domestic laws and policies designed to comply with the TPPA. Also, the government should not rush into negotiations with the US on a bilateral trade agreement.

Ever so often pictures of the Malaysian Civil Defence Force (JPAM) are featured in the many Malaysian news media holding pythons and cobras caught by their men.

Once again Malaysia is in the news for the wrong reasons. This time 254 units worth of ivory costing US$7.2 million have made it into the KLIA, believed to be smuggled in from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

About 500 residents in Kampung Sematang Tepi Laut and Kampung Tengku Laksamana, Kuala Kedah, Kedah face various problems because of the access road to their village is badly damaged.

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) welcome and support the proposal yesterday by Natural Resources and Environment Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar to put off all land reclamation work in Penang until new and improved requirements for Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) and Detailed Environment Impact Assessments (DEIAs) are put in place.

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is horrified with the news about the incomplete pedestrian bridge meant to connect KL Eco City and Mid Valley Megamall in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur that collapsed. Not even a month after a couple was crushed by a piling rig that fell on them at a construction site along Persiaran Astana, Klang, and another tragic incident that has led to serious injuries and death has occurred.

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) found substandard goods that include locks, stationery, school bags, watches, electrical goods, shoes, tools, and toys flooding the market during its recent market survey.

Each time an incident has occurred at a construction site and it resulted in the death of one or more innocent lives, the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) has urged the government to conduct a full inquiry into the operations of the Department of Safety and Health’s (DOSH) operations; but unfortunately, it seems to have fallen on deaf ears.

When you install a more advanced programme on your computer, you expect that it is going to work and serve your purposes better but it did not seem to be the case when Microsoft introduced Windows 10.

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) objects to a proposed development project in Kampung Tengku Laksamana and Kampung Sematang Tepi Laut, Kuala Kedah because it is causing destruction of the mangrove forests here.

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) urges the City Council of Penang Island (MBPP) to take action on canopies that obstruct the roads in Little India, particularly on China Street, Penang Street, King Street and Market Street.

The Consumer Association of Penang (CAP) urges the urgent implementation of price controls on pharmaceutical drugs. As stated by Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Hamzah Zainuddin in a local daily, “Malaysians have been paying excessive prices for pharmaceutical drugs due to an absence of government control.”

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urges the Pahang state government and the Department of Environment (DOE) to take immediate action to address the pollution of Sungai Nyior in Balok near Kuantan.

An extraordinary loud explosion that occurred in Batu Kawan recently, believed to have originated from a quarry nearby, has alarmed residents. The local communities in this area, including residents of Bandar Cassia, were shocked by the explosion that rocked the whole neighbourhood.

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) is perplexed by the fact that the Department of Safety and Health (Dosh) has reported that they have sealed tower cranes for breaking various safety and maintenance measures and they have found crane workers using fake competency licences, even though they claim that they are carrying out safety checks at construction sites every 15 months.

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) previously warned and anticipated news of the costly upkeep of the pandas in Zoo Negara. In fact it is to be expected, considering that pandas are the most expensive animals in the world to keep.

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) object to the Kedah state government’s proposal to construct a fishery terminal in Tebengau near Kuala Kedah because it will adversely affect the environment and livelihoods of coastal fishers here.

Much furore has been created over Penang Forum’s letter to Unesco requesting for an advisory mission and an impact assessment of the proposed Penang Transport Master Plan and how it might affect the Outstanding Universal Value of Penang’s World Heritage property.

The Paris Agreement, an international treaty for post-2020 climate action, at was adopted at the Paris climate summit last December,