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Switch off your lights on Saturday for Earth Hour |
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Written by 3K Admin
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Thursday, 25 March 2010 08:21 |
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Tuesday March 23, 2010 THE Penang state government will show its support for Earth Hour by switching off the lights of Komtar, City Hall and Town Hall and hopes the public would do the same at home. State Tourism Development and Culture Committee chairman Danny Law also urged schools, shopping malls, factories and other organisations to switch off their lights for an hour on March 27. |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 25 March 2010 22:15 |
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Consumer Research and Resource Centre and New Consumer Journal Launched |
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Written by 3K Admin
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Tuesday, 23 March 2010 23:36 |
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 The Consumer Research and Resource Centre and its new Journal the CRRC Consumer Review were launched by Prof. Emeritus Dr Mohamed Ariff Abdul Kareem on 20 March 2010 in conjunction with World Consumer Rights Day 2010.
Datuk Marimuthu Nadason, Chairman of the Board of Directors and also President of FOMCA explained that consumer issues have become increasingly complex. The new forces affecting and shaping consumer protection and interests include globalization, increasing food and energy process, water shortages and climate change issues.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 March 2010 23:54 |
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Online bank fraud doubles in two years |
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Written by 3K Admin
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 21:53 |
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 By Harry Wallop, Consumer Affairs Editor
Published: 7:30AM GMT 10 Mar 2010 Official figures from the trade body UK Payments Association indicated that online banking fraud increased to £59.7 million last year. This was an 18 per cent increase on the year before and more than a doubling since 2007 when there were £22.6 million of losses. As more and more consumers are persuaded to go online by their banks, criminals have followed them. Most of the fraud has happened by criminals – usually based overseas – attacking consumers' computers without their knowledge. |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 11 March 2010 22:00 |
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Study: Sin taxes promote healthier food choices |
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Written by 3K Admin
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Thursday, 11 March 2010 23:49 |
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 Posted by Tiffany O'Callaghan Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 3:14 pm
A recent study examining the potential impact of sin taxes—increasing the cost of junk food, in particular—as a means to promote healthier choices found that, in a lab setting at least, when unhealthy foods cost more, people tended to eat them less. Now, new research attempts to size up the value of sin taxes in the real world. A study published this week in the Archives of Internal Medicine followed more than 5,000 people from 1985-1986 to 2005-2006, tracking food consumption habits, as well as height, weight and blood sugar levels. They then compared that data with information about food costs across the 20-year period. Researchers found that, incremental increases in price of unhealthy foods resulted in incremental decreases in consumption. In other words, when junk food cost more, people ate it less.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 11 March 2010 23:52 |
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Internet access is 'a fundamental right' |
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Written by 3K Admin
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 22:28 |
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 Almost four in five people around the world believe that access to the internet is a fundamental right, a poll for the BBC World Service suggests. The survey - of more than 27,000 adults across 26 countries - found strong support for net access on both sides of the digital divide. Countries such as Finland and Estonia have already ruled that access is a human right for their citizens. International bodies such as the UN are also pushing for universal net access. |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 March 2010 23:29 |
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