HEALTH

HEALTH...

What is it with the Health Ministry of this country????? Everyone knows that pouring boiling food items into plastic bags (from teh tarik to 'sup kambing' to boiling hot porridge) is a dangerous thing to do and can cause cancer -- AND YET ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IS BEING DONE TO PREVENT THIS TYPE OF FOOD HANDLING. Food sellers have to be directed to move away from using plastic bags and start using proper paper cups (ala Starbucks,perhaaps) etc to reduce the number of cancer cases in the country.
The relevant ministry personnel (yes, YOU ARE MERELY A PUBLIC SERVANT PERSONNEL meant to do service towards the greater public good -- you are not meant to be some delusional VVIP powertripping over your polticial or bureaucratic positions!) must realise that they are meant to implement directives and processses/systems aimed at/for the greater good of present and future generations of Malaysians.

The same also goes for making manufacturers of soft drinks who must lessen the amount of sugar in their products. Everyone keeps saying that "Malaysians love their drinks sweet" -- while the reality is that Malaysians on the street are all for less sugar in their beverages (the request for "kurang manis" and kurang, kurang, kurang manis" are so commonplace nowadays!). C'mon, don't let the corporate greedy types get away with socially and morally reprehensible behaviour in the name of profit!