KLANG: The Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Ministry is stepping up efforts to mitigate Malaysia’s plastic waste crisis. It will start by shutting down 100 illegal plastic waste recycling factories nationwide by the first quarter of this year.Its minister Yeo Bee Yin said she gave the Department of Environment this target as the nation is still plagued by plastic waste which was imported before the July 2018 freeze.The ministry has detected 97 illegal factories nationwide – 61 in Selangor, 10 in Kedah, 10 in Negri Sembilan, seven in Perak, six in Johor, two in Penang and one in Kelantan.“We are aware there are many more and we will continue to shut down all illegal factories nationwide,” she said during a joint operation raid of an illegal plastic recycling factory in Telok Gong here yesterday.
BACK in the 1930s, a famous leader in Germany engaged Ferdinand Porsche to design a “people’s car” (which translates to Volkswagen in German). In 1938, the first Volkswagen Type 1 (which subsequently became the iconic Beetle) rolled out. The company went on to produce a mind-blowing 21 million units up until 2003.
The British had their Mini as their people’s car, and it sold in staggering numbers too.
We too had our very own successful people’s cars, the very first Proton Saga and Perodua Kancil.
PETALING JAYA: All it took was one viral Facebook post for Fiona’s (not her real name) life to turn upside down.
It started with a housemate complaining about Fiona – who is in her 20s – hoarding rubbish in her room.
The post, which revealed Fiona’s name and phone number, quickly went viral.
“I read all the comments on Facebook, forum, online news and even WhatsApp messages. Some even wrote that this would probably end with my suicide,” she said.
PORT DICKSON: Penalti antara RM200 hingga RM1,000 bagi penggantian pasport Malaysia yang hilang akibat kecuaian telahpun diwartakan dan dikuatkuasakan sejak 2 Jan lepas.
Timbalan Ketua Pengarah (Pengurusan) Imigresen Datuk Abdul Halim Abdul Rahman berkata, denda sebanyak RM200 dikenakan kepada kepada pemilik yang kehilangan pasport kali pertama manakala kali kedua denda sebanyak RM500 dan denda RM1,000 dikenakan bagi kehilangan pasport kali ketiga.
Read more: Imigresen: Denda hilang pasport dari RM200 ke RM1,000
PUTRAJAYA: The Finance Ministry (MoF) has given special approval for the acquisition of the Dual Language Programme (DLP) textbooks through direct negotiations.
The ministry, in a statement today, said the special approval on Sept 18 last year, was made out of concern that delay would affect students sitting for major examinations.
Read more: Finance Ministry gives special approval for direct negotiations to obtain DLP textbooks
On 20 December 2018, the High Court reinstated the RM 10 million fine on Air Asia and MAS for breaching the Competition Act. This has been the final conclusion of a complaint filed by FOMCA in 2012. On the 24 February 2012 FOMCA had filed a complaint with the Competition Commission against the share-swap arrangement between MAS and Air Asia It cited incidents of flight cancellations as signs of possible anti-competitive behaviors, whereby with the new set-up, flights were being shared so that the two airline
Read more: Strengthening Market Competition: Enhancing Consumer Welfare
KUALA LUMPUR: Fluctuating petrol prices is part and parcel of doing business.
Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associations chief executive officer Datuk Paul Selvaraj said : “It’s business there are no guarantees. When the prices were capped after the 14th general election and consumers were at the losing end, it’s not like they (Petrol Dealers Association of Malaysia - PDAM) gave the people discounts."
Read more: Fluctuating petrol prices is part and parcel of doing business
2019 is going to be an increasingly challenging year for consumers. Finding jobs is becoming increasingly difficult. Incomes are low and they are stagnating. The global as well as the domestic economic environment seems increasingly challenging. Worse, costs of living keeps increasing. Prices of fresh and cooked food keeps increasing. Houses are unaffordable.
KUALA LUMPUR: Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna (KPDNHEP) sedang meneliti semula undang-undang sedia ada membabitkan hak pembeli yang ditipu menerusi transaksi dalam talian.
Menterinya, Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution, berkata kementerian mendapati wujudnya kesulitan daripada Tribunal Pengguna untuk mengambil tindakan kepada penjual yang menipu dalam talian.
Read more: Undang-undang lindungi pembeli dalam talian diteliti
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