It was reported in today’s newspaper that hillside project will go on. The exact quote of the newspaper report;
“…this is because the country population was increasing and land was needed for development…total ban would be a waste of land, and proposed instead an immediate halt on the ‘tip fill’ technique during construction at hillslopes…”
This newspaper report is on the statement made by the works minister. Excuse me for being a skeptic but the country had experienced numerous landslides that had claimed many lives. I am not sure whether it is case of memory lapse or ignorance. We are trapped in this archaic mentality that the land is our birthright to be ‘ransacked’ and ‘brutalized’. Less than five months ago, the deputy prime minister had called for a ban to all hillside development. Don’t tell me the our memory is that bad.
In his statement, there are many engineers with wide experience ‘who are capable of reducing or minimizing landslides’. Those who fall for this, make sure that those engineers are capable in writing a beautiful eulogy for you too.
Perhaps somebody never learn their lesson.
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“…this is because the country population was increasing and land was needed for development…"
what???????
should decentralized KL, relocate some industries/businesses elsewhere, Kangar still have ample lands, so does Malim Nawar or Batu Pahat, this is not talking about reclamation lands or clearing rain forests. Just some under utilized towns, why can't we fully utilized it first?
It is just the matter of lease lines and broadband, and we are almost ready or equipped.
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