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May 28, 2022 8:00 AM
PETALING JAYA: Gabungan Persatuan-persatuan Pengguna Malaysia (Fomca) menasihatkan rakyat mengubah corak pembelian bagi mengelakkan berbelanja berlebihan kerana harga barang keperluan dijangka meningkat sehingga 60% pada bulan depan.
Dalam meminta kerajaan terus menyalurkan bantuan kepada rakyat memerlukan, Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Fomca, Saravanan Thambirajah berkata, harga barang bukan dikawal sepenuhnya oleh kerajaan, sebaliknya bergantung kepada permintaan dan tawaran.
“Kerajaan telah mencuba sedaya upaya untuk menangani harga barangan berkenaan, tetapi bukan semuanya ditentukan kerajaan kerana ia tiada kuasa sepenuhnya dalam hal itu.
“Harga barangan bergantung kepada permintaan dan penawaran, kini ramai M40 dan B40 terkesan akibat kenaikan harga barangan dan kuasa membeli mereka turut berkurangan,” katanya ketika dihubungi FMT.
“Kerajaan telah mencuba sedaya upaya untuk menangani harga barangan berkenaan, tetapi bukan semuanya ditentukan kerajaan kerana ia tiada kuasa sepenuhnya dalam hal itu.
“Harga barangan bergantung kepada permintaan dan penawaran, kini ramai M40 dan B40 terkesan akibat kenaikan harga barangan dan kuasa membeli mereka turut berkurangan,” katanya ketika dihubungi FMT.
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16 December 2020
PETALING JAYA: Insurance companies have been urged to stop increasing the premiums of medical insurance.
The Federation of Malaysian Consumer Association (Fomca) said this will impact the affordability of premiums for policyholders.
“Notices are being sent to policy holders at the time when consumers are still struggling to make ends meet which is very unjust and unfair,” its president Datuk Dr Marimuthu Nadason (pix) said in a statement today.
“Fomca advocates for the deferment of repricing rollout by insurance companies which was initially intended to take effect in 2020. However, due to the severe economic disruption caused by the pandemic, the one-year postponement does not provide enough breathing space for policyholders who remain burdened by economic and employment uncertainties.”
Marimuthu said hospital occupancy has decreased tremendously due to the Covid-19, thus insurance companies will have a lesser pay out compared to previous years.
“It was also reported by the Association of Private Hospitals that private hospitals and clinics have seen a drop of almost 70%, thus resulting in a healthier loss/claims ratio as well as improved overall profitability for insurers,” he said.
“Besides that, with many losing jobs and taking pay cuts, it is both an emotional and financial stress for policy holders keep up with the current premiums, what more if the insurance industry goes ahead with the repricing exercise we fear that many policies would be surrendered or lapse due to premium increase.”
Read more: Fomca: Stop increasing medical insurance premiums
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Monday, 16 Nov 2020
IT was a tragic incident that took away the life of a 23-year-old model, who was supposed to get married at the end of the year.
A botched liposuction from an unlicensed beauty salon allegedly led to Coco Siew’s untimely death last month (October).
The beauty industry reeled from the news, calling on authorities to take stiffer action against unregistered practitioners to prevent another tragedy.
So far, the National Consumer Complaints Centre (NCCC) received 420 complaints this year involving the wellness and aesthetic industry, with most being about refunds.
“Only a handful are involving health-related incidents, ” NCCC senior manager S. Baskaran tells Sunday Star.
In 2018, the NCCC received 1,771 complaints involving the beauty sector, with most disputes on refunds (19.2%), poor service (9.9%) and misleading information (9.3%).
“Some 6.8% of complaints were about health complications with some suffering side effects like irregular heartbeat or headache from slimming drinks or other services, ” he says.
Read more: Take tougher action against ‘bad apples’, urges the beauty industry
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Thursday, 10 Dec 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: Six states recorded a reserve margin of below 15% in treated water during the second quarter of the year, says Deputy Environment and Water Minister (KASA) Datuk Ahmad Masrizal Muhammad.
They are Johor (11.3%), Sabah (8.3%), Perlis (7.1%), Selangor (1.5%), Kelantan (-0.25) and Kedah (-2.3%).
“Through the National Water Services Commission (SPAN) which acts as the regulatory body of the national water services industry, KASA has set the key performance indicators of treated water margin reserves that need to be complied with and achieved by all state water operators at 10 to 15%, ” he told the Dewan Rakyat yesterday.
Ahmad Masrizal was responding to a question from Datuk Ahmad Nazlan Idris (BN-Jerantut) on the ministry’s initiative to address the low treated water reserve margin in the country and plans to increase water sources.
For Selangor, he said the completion of the Langat 2 Plant in 2023 would increase the treated water margin reserve to 10%.
For Kelantan, he said completion of the water treatment plant in Kg Teluk, scheduled next year, would increase the water margin reserve to 4%.
“For Kedah, five plants, for which tenders have been approved, are expected to be completed in 2023 and they will increase the water reserve margin to 21%, ” he said.
On the treated water margin reserve for the whole country, Ahmad Masrizal said: “It is at 11.5% or 1.943 million litres per day as of the second quarter of this year.”
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Tuesday, 10 Nov 2020
PETALING JAYA: It’s time once again for the 11.11 online sale, but consumers have been urged to be wary of scammers pretending to be legitimate sellers.
Over 1,520 complaints on the sale of goods online through social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram were received by the National Consumer Complaints Centre (NCCC) over the past 10 months.
“Many have complained that their purchased goods never reached them, ” NCCC senior manager S. Baskaran told The Star Tuesday (Nov 10).
He said the NCCC wanted to warn consumers before the annual online sale begins at 12.01am Wednesday (Nov 11).
“Online shoppers need to be wary each time they buy from online platforms, especially social media.
“Some scammers will disguise themselves as authentic sellers and use the 11.11 sale as their platform to trick more gullible consumers.
“Consumers need to verify if the seller is genuine first. Don’t be an easy prey, ” Baskaran added.
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