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1. RM1,600 for Highland Towers report NST 02/07/1994
   PETALING JAYA, Fri. - The Ampang Jaya Municipal Council was today taken to task for allegedly trying to profit from the Highland Towers tragedy by levying RM1,600 for a set of the inquiry report. DAP secretary-general Lim Kit Siang said the Housing and Local Government Minister, Datuk Dr Ting Chew Peh, should instead table the report in Parliament for all MPs on Monday.

2. Highland Towers: Semua aspek jenayah dikaji BM 03/07/1994
   KUALA LUMPUR: Jabatan Peguam Negara sedia mengkaji segala aspek berhubung prosedur jenayah dan bebanan awam bagi menentukan bentuk hukuman terhadap mereka yang bertanggungjawab dalam tragedi runtuhan pangsapuri Highland Towers, Disember lalu. Peguam Negara, Datuk Mohtar Abdullah berkata, pertimbangan itu juga termasuk untuk mengenal pasti agensi kerajaan atau pegawai yang bersalah dalam tragedi itu.

3. A-G's Chambers looking into condo collapse tragedy NSUNT 03/07/1994
   KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. - The Attorney-General's Chambers is looking at all aspects, including criminal negligence and civil liability, in the Highland Towers apartment collapse which claimed 48 lives last Dec 11. Attorney-General Datuk Mohtar Abdullah said today they were studying all aspects of the case and if necessary, he would direct further investigations by police as far as criminal liability was concerned.

4. MPAJ tunggu cadangan pemaju pangsapuri BH 04/07/1994
   KUALA LUMPUR, Ahad - Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya (MPAJ) masih menunggu pemaju pangsapuri Highland Towers mengemukakan cadangan membaik pulih Blok B dan C pangsapuri itu sebelum bertindak merobohkan bangunan itu dalam tempoh tiga bulan. Jurucakap MPAJ berkata, pemaju pangsapuri itu, Highland Properties Sdn Bhd sehingga kini masih belum mengemukakan sebarang cadangan membaik pulih kedua-dua blok itu sejak arahan dikeluarkan bulan lalu.

5. Culprits in condo tragedy identified BT 05/07/1994
   THE developer, draughtsman and consultant engineer of the Highland Towers condominium have been identified as the principal parties responsible for the collapse of Block 1 which claimed 48 lives on December 11, last year. This was the finding of the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council's (MPAJ) inquiry committee as contained in the committee's six-volume report into the incident released yesterday.

6. Residents to study Highland Towers collapse report MM 05/07/1994
   THE Highland Towers residents committee will study the six-volume report on the collapse of Block A that was made available to the public yesterday. Committee secretary Chan Keng Fook said the committee will issue a statement once it has completed studying the report which he described as "very technical".

7. Highland Towers report blames three for collapse NST 05/07/1994 By S. Jayakrishnan; Alex Choong; Sufi Yusoff; M. Jeffry Razali
   KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. - The developer, draughtsman and consultant engineer of the Highland Towers condominium have been identified as the principal parties responsible for the collapse of Block 1 which claimed 48 lives on Dec 11, last year. This was the finding of the Ampang Jaya Municipal Councils (MPAJ) inquiry committee. The committee's six-volume report into the incident was released today.

8. Witness: I was stunned when Block 1 started to move, then topple NST 05/07/1994
   "IT was standing upright and it very slowly started to slide, it was just gliding. It was very smooth. There was no noise associated with it. I just happened to catch it with the corner of my eye. I was not even seeing it and it just moved. Very slowly. I'd say it moved about 5-10 feet horizontally in vertical upright position ... I called my friend and I said `The building is moving!' and I just continued to watch and all of a sudden, it was like it caught on the bottom and here was a very low snapping noise and then the building started to topple." - an excerpt of the evidence given by Bruce Erin Mitchell, a resident of Unit 4C, Block 2, who happened to take photographs of the tragedy when it happened. Mitchell, a former United States military personnel based in the Philippines arrived in Malaysia on holiday in November, last year and stayed at Highland Towers apartment 4C Block 2 or C Block.

9. Draughtsman: DO gave me waiver NST 05/07/1994
   DRAUGHTSMAN Wong Tin Sang, who submitted plans for all three apartment blocks of the Highland Towers, was only licensed to undertake projects of a maximum of 3,000 sq-feet and not exceeding two-storeys high. In an interview with the technical committee into the Highland Towers collapse, Wong claimed he had been given a waiver by the District Officer, whose identity he could not recall, to undertake the project.

10. `This sounds dangerous ... let's run' NST 05/07/1994
    "I DID not know at that stage where the stones were coming from. I thought some balconies had broken off from the flats ... I was not thinking of a landslide at that stage. Then I said to my friend, "you know, this sounds very dangerous". I said: "Let's run" I did not know what it was. And then she and her two daughters and granddaughters, we all ran." An excerpt of the evidence given by Dr Hooi Chan Ping, a resident in Unit 4D, Block C, who went to visit a friend at the ill-fated building when the tragedy occurred. She said she parked her car in the lower ground floor carpark and went upstairs.

11. Residents' panel to carry out thorough study NST 05/07/1994
    KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. - The Highland Towers Residents Committee will carry out a thorough study on the report of the inquiry committee on the collapse of Block 1 and the stability of blocks 2 and 3 of the Highland Towers before deciding the next course of action. Its chairman, Dr Benjamin George, who was also given a copy of the report, said an emergency meeting would be called as soon as possible to enable all the committee members to study the six-volume report.

12. Repair order for Blocks 2/3 MM 06/07/1994 By V. Vasudevan
    THE Ampang Jaya Municipal Council will serve notice to the owner of Highland Towers to carry out rectification work on Blocks 2 and 3 today. The three-month notice will be served on Highland Towers Sdn Bhd, the registered owners of both blocks, by the MPAJ's legal department.

13. RM72,000 from sales of report MM 06/07/1994
    FORTY-FIVE sets of the six-volume report on the collapse of Highland Towers Block 1 priced at RM1,600 each set have been sold. The Ampang Jaya Municipal Council has thus collected RM72,000 since the report was made available on Monday.

14. Up to police to act in Highland Towers case NST 06/07/1994
    KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. - It is up to the police to take the necessary action against those criminally responsible for the collapse of the Highland Towers apartment block, Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Dr Ting Chew Peh said today. He also said all follow-up work and activities would be carried out by his Ministry following the dissolution of the Cabinet committee set up to probe the tragedy. The committee was headed by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

15. Council serves notice on owner MM 07/07/1994
    THE process to determine the future of Blocks B and C of Highland Towers began yesterday when the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council served notice on the developer, Highland Towers Sdn Bhd. The notice required the developer to carry out rectification work on both blocks within three months, beginning yesterday.

16. Council serves notice on Highland Properties NST 07/07/1994  By S. Jayakrishnan
    KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. - The developer of the Highland Towers was today served with a notice by the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council ordering it to repair or demolish Block 2 and 3, which have been declared unsafe, within three months. The notice was served by a legal assistant of the council at the registered office of Highland Properties Sdn Bhd in Wisma Teck Lee in Jalan Tun Perak about noon today.

17. Bank to the rescue of residents NSUNT 10/07/1994
    KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. - The Malaysian French Bank Bhd has launched a special housing loan scheme providing lower interest rates for residents of the ill-fated Block One of the Highland Towers. Highland Towers Owners/Residents Committee chairman Dr Benjamin George said the offer was very attractive and it would be forwarded to residents of Block One which had 44 units before it collapsed on Dec 11 killing 48.

18. Wise to get extra insurance policies for your homes NST 11/07/1994  By Shaik Osman Majid
    WE all should learn a lesson from the debris of the collapsed block of the Highland Towers. It is not that we should not buy homes in high-rise buildings built on hill slopes or that we should not buy condominiums at all. Rather, whether we have the protection of insurance on the houses we buy. True, it is not everyday that condominums collapse. It is equally true that we do not read often of houses razed to the ground by fire or crushed by falling trees. But the crumbling of Block A of the Highland Towers is manifest testimony that we might lose our homes, the biggest investment we make in our lifetime due to variety of hazards we live with.

19. Tuntutan pampasan dipertimbangkan BH 12/07/1994
    KUALA LUMPUR, Isnin - Kerajaan akan mengkaji secara terperinci semua permintaan Jawatankuasa Penduduk/Pemilik Highland Towers yang dikemukakan sebelum membuat sebarang keputusan mengenainya. Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan, Datuk Dr Ting Chew Peh, berkata pihaknya akan meneliti semua tuntutan yang dikemukakan mengikut undang- undang serta kemampuan kerajaan.

20. Govt to consider condo owners' requests BT 12/07/1994 By David Ong-Yeoh
    THE Government will consider requests by the Highland Towers Owners/Residents Committee to help it take its next course of action. Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Dr Ting Chew Peh gave this undertaking during a meeting with committee members in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. It was his first meeting with the committee since the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) technical team completed a report on the collapse of the condominium block.

21. By George, three months not enough time to try save blocks NST 12/07/1994
    KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. - The Highland Towers Residents/Owners Committee said the three-month deadline given by the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council to decide on demolishing or making repairs to the two remaining blocks, was insufficient time for any substantive proposal. Its chairman Dr Benjamin George said the deadline was too short to do anything about saving the buildings.

22. Some legal posers for Highland Towers' victims BT 13/07/1994 By Bhag Singh
    AFTER more than half a year, public discussions on the Highland Towers' tragedy has once again resurfaced following full disclosure of the report of the Committee of Inquiry set up to look into the events that took place not too long ago. Whilst the public disclosure is welcome and assurances of action against those responsible whether by acts of commission or omission are laudable, those who have suffered agony and loss, and most of them both, do not seem to be able to identify the party from whom they could resort to for effective recompense.

23. Residents await advice on action NST 13/07/1994
    KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. - The owners and residents of the Highland Towers' Block 1, which collapsed last Dec 11 killing 48 people, are awaiting advice from their lawyers on action to be taken against the parties responsible for the tragedy. Their lawyers, Skrine and Co, are studying the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council's (MPAJ) inquiry team report on the tragedy which was made public last Monday, and are expected to meet owners and residents next Wednesday to make their recommendations.

24. No review of notice yet BT 15/07/1994
    THE three-month notice to the Highland Towers developer to rectify weaknesses in Blocks Two and Three or demolish them will only be reviewed at the end of the period, Ampang Jaya Municipal Council president Abdul Karim Munisar said yesterday. "Now it is too early to be reviewed as the council issued the notice to the developer only last week," he said.

25. Review to give building sector a better image BT 15/07/1994
    THE Government will review all practices and policies in the construction industry in an effort to rebuild the image of the industry, which has been severely damaged by the Highland Towers tragedy as well as other incidents. Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Dr Ting Chew Peh said it will adopt in toto all recommendations put forward by the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) in its sixvolume report on the collapse of the Highland Tower's condominium block, which claimed 48 lives last November.

26. Developer unhappy with findings BT 16/07/1994 By Roziana Hamsawi
    HIGHLAND Properties Sdn Bhd, the developer of the ill-fated Highland Towers, expressed its disappointment over the findings of the Inquiry Committee of the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council recently. The company, in a statement issued by law firm Raja, Darryl and Loh in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, described as "astonishing" the emphasis on the liability of the developer in the findings.

27. Land dept for issuance of strata titles BT 16/07/1994
    THE Land and Mines Department has recommended that the owners of the two remaining blocks of the Highland Towers condominium project be issued strata titles, automatically giving them legal rights to their units. They, however, have the right to reject the offer and are free to take any necessary action, the department's director-general Dr Nik Mohd Zain Mohd Yusof said in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

28. Developer, engineer dispute panel's findings NST 16/07/1994  By S. Jayakrishnan; Alex Choong; Carolyn Hong; Vijesh Rai
    KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. - The developer and consultant engineer of the Highland Towers condominium today disputed the findings of the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council's Inquiry Committee that they were among the three principal parties responsible for the collapse of Block 1. In their first reaction, 11 days after the report of the findings was made public, both the developer Highland Properties Sdn Bhd, and consultant engineer Wong Yuen Kean raised doubts about the probe by the committee.

29. Strata titles: Failure may see RM3m in fines NST 16/07/1994
    KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. - The failure of the Highland Towers condominium developer to apply for strata titles within the stipulated period may well cost it as much as RM3 million in accumulated fines. Federal Land and Mines director-general Dr Nik Zain Nik Yusof said under the Strata Titles Act 1985, developers were required to apply for strata titles within six months after the certificate of fitness was issued by the local authority.

30. Consultant feels sorry for victims of building collapse NST 16/07/1994
    KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. - The consultant engineer of the Highland Towers condominium project today expressed sympathy for the victims of the building collapse and said he felt sorry for them. Wong Yuen Kean, 51, in his first reaction after the incident said the episode had affected his personal and professional life.

31. Stricter rules for safer buildings NST 19/07/1994 By All reports on "Dewan Rakyat" by Manan Osman; Alex Choong; Tengku Sarifuddin
    THE Dewan Rakyat passed the Street, Drainage and Building (Amendment) Bill 1994 yesterday to provide stricter regulations and higher penalties in an effort to ensure the safety and stability of buildings. The amendments were tabled after a recommendation from a special Cabinet committee, set up after the collapse of the Highland Towers apartment block in Hulu Klang on Dec 11, in which 48 people were killed.

32. Ministry open to discussions BT 20/07/1994
    PARTIES who are unhappy with the official findings on the Highland Towers tragedy are invited for consultations with the Housing and Local Government Ministry. "Our door is always open for further discussions on the issue. They can always come to the ministry should they have problems with the findings," its Minister, Datuk Dr Ting Chew Peh, said.

33. Insurance claims over tragedy NST 21/07/1994
    TWENTY-eight companies gave insurance coverage to owners and households of Block 1, Highland Towers, Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Daud Taha said yesterday. He said 19 claims, filed with the insurance companies, were being processed.

34. Penduduk dakwa laporan tidak lengkap BH 02/08/1994
    KUALA LUMPUR, Isnin - Persatuan Penduduk/Pemilik Highland Towers (PPHT) mendakwa laporan enam jilid Jawatankuasa Penyiasat Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya (MPAJ) yang dikeluarkan pada Jun lalu, tidak lengkap kerana tidak menyatakan dengan jelas pihak yang terbabit menyebabkan keruntuhan kondominium itu tahun lalu. Sehubungan itu, PPHT mahu MPAJ menyatakan dengan jelas pemilik dua buah bukit di belakang kondominum itu yang dikatakan menjadi punca utama kepada keruntuhan itu.

35. Bayar atau disaman: PPHT BH 17/08/1994 By Shahnun Suhaimi
    KUALA LUMPUR, Selasa - Persatuan Penduduk/Pemilik Highland Towers (PPHT) sedang menimbang untuk mengambil tindakan undang-undang ke atas Arab- Malaysian Finance Bhd dan MBf Berhad yang memiliki tanah di kawasan bukit belakang kondominium Highland Towers yang runtuh akhir tahun lalu. Sebaliknya PPHT mahu menuntut ganti rugi RM40 juta daripada kedua-dua syarikat kewangan itu.

36. Residents to sue MPAJ BT 17/08/1994
    THE Highland Towers Residents and Owners Committee will take legal action against the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) and those implicated in the council's inquiry report on the collapse of the Block One apartments last year which killed 48 people. The committee's president, Dr Benjamin George, said yesterday the residents felt that they were still being "victimised" despite the release of the six-volume report. Justice has not been done and is not even seen to be done, he said when expressing dissatisfaction over what he claimed is the authorities' lack of action against those blamed for the tragedy. This was the feeling of the more than 70 members who attended a meeting Monday night, he told a press conference in Kuala Lumpur. - Bernama

37. Persatuan kaji laporan MPAJ HM 17/08/1994
    AMPANG JAYA: Persatuan Penduduk/pemilik unit pangsapuri Highland Towers (PPHT) akan menubuhkan jawatankuasa kecil struktur dan teknikal untuk mengkaji laporan Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya (MPAJ) mengenai tragedi runtuhan pangsapuri itu, November lalu. Persatuan itu juga sedang menimbang mengambil tindakan undang-undang terhadap syarikat yang memiliki tanah di bukit belakang pangsapuri itu, yang dikatakan penyebab tragedi itu.

38. Highland Towers residents hit out at council NST 17/08/1994
    KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. - Residents of the Highland Towers apartment blocks feel they have been victimised by the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ). Highland Towers residents committee chairman Dr Benjamin George told a Press conference today that the council had not only instructed them to repair the remaining two apartment blocks within three months but also expected them to repair the drainage on the slope directly behind the blocks.

39. Penduduk Highland Towers berhak saman BH 18/08/1994
    KUALA LUMPUR, Rabu - Kerajaan tidak menghalang penduduk atau Persatuan Penduduk Highland Towers (PPHT) mengambil tindakan undang-undang terhadap pihak yang terbabit dalam tragedi kondominium runtuh termasuk Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya (MPAJ). Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan, Datuk Dr Ting Chiew Peh, berkata kerajaan akan hanya menjadi orang tengah dalam pertikaian itu dan membantu seberapa yang terdaya berdasarkan peruntukan undang-undang.

40. Ministry to act as facilitator for residents, says Ting BT 18/08/1994 By Hamisah Hamid
    THE Housing and Local Government Ministry will act as a facilitator for residents of Highland Towers in dealing with the restoration of the condominium blocks and the related site, its Minister, Datuk Dr Ting Chew Peh, said yesterday. "As far as the ministry is concerned, we can act as a facilitator within the legal framework ... we will try our best to help them," he said.

41. Highland Towers residents get aid pledge NST 18/08/1994
    KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. - The Ministry of Housing and Local Government has given an assurance to residents of the Highland Towers apartment blocks to provide all possible assistance within the law to ease their plight. Its Minister, Datuk Dr Ting Chew Peh, said today he would try and arrange a meeting among the residents, the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council and other relevant parties as soon as possible.

42. Pemilik perlu bertindak sendiri BH 20/08/1994
    KUALA LUMPUR, Jumaat - Pemilik kondominium Highland Towers perlu mengambil tindakan undang-undang terhadap Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya (MPAJ), MBf Properties Berhad dan Arab-Malaysian Finance Berhad, hanya secara individu dan bukan menerusi persatuan penduduk. Timbalan Presiden Persatuan Penduduk/Pemilik Highlands Towers (PPHT), Abdul Razak Yaacub, berkata tiga pemilik kondominium yang runtuh Disember lalu, itu dalam proses mengemukakan saman terhadap ketiga-tiga pihak itu.

43. Penduduk kemuka notis batalkan arahan BH 23/08/1994
    SHAH ALAM, Isnin - Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Penduduk Highland Towers, Dr Benjamin George dan tiga lagi, mengemukakan notis untuk membatalkan arahan Majlis Perbandaraan Ampang Jaya (MPAJ) supaya penduduk di blok 3 dan 4 pangsapuri itu mengubah suai atau merobohkan bangunan itu dalam tempoh tiga bulan. Notis itu difailkan oleh peguam, R Yatiswaran dari firma guaman, Tetuan Azman Davidson & Co di pejabat Pendaftar Mahkamah Tinggi di sini pada jam 2.30 petang ini.

44. Residents seek to lift councils orders NST 23/08/1994
    SHAH ALAM, Mon. - The Highland Towers Residents and Owners Committee today filed an application at the High Court here to quash notices issued by the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (AJMC) ordering the repair or demolition of Blocks 2 and 3 of the Highland Towers in Hulu Klang. The application was filed by Dr Benjamin George, Datuk Alladin Hashim, Chan Keng Fook and Sharifah Azllah Tan Sri Syed Shahabudin on behalf of the residents.

45. Findings completed MM 26/08/1994
    THE Petaling District Council has completed reports on the investigation of last year's two collapsed buildings. The reports will be submitted to the Selangor Government for endorsement.

46. Order to MPAJ MM 26/08/1994
    THE Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) has received an order of certiorari to quash the notice served to the Highland Towers' developer to repair or demolish Blocks 2 and 3 which have been declared unsafe.

47. Findings on two mishaps ready NST-CITYX 26/08/1994
    THE Petaling District Council has completed investigation into the two major construction mishaps in Damansara and Puchong last year and will be submitting its findings to the State Government. Council president Ahmad Zairi Burok said the reports would be submitted next week.

48. Sukar buat tuntutan jika berlaku bencana BH 29/08/1994
    SATU juta penghuni pangsapuri di beberapa bandar utama seluruh negara, terutama di ibu kota kemungkinan sukar untuk membuat tuntutan jika berlaku sebarang bencana seperti menimpa Blok A Pangsapuri Highland Towers, Hulu Klang yang runtuh tahun lalu, kerana masih tidak mempunyai hak milik strata. Kelewatan itu disebabkan pemaju pangsapuri berkenaan tidak membuat permohonan, walaupun pangsapuri terbabit sudah lama dihuni dan Sijil Layak Menduduki (CF) sudah bertahun dikeluarkan pihak berkuasa tempatan.

49. Highland Properties gets leave for action NST 31/08/1994 By Sa'odah Elias
    SHAH ALAM, Tues. - The High Court here today granted leave to Highland Properties Sdn Bhd to apply to quash notices issued by the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) on July 6. The application was filed by one of the company directors Yap Kim Kee before Judge K.C. Vohrah.

50. Letdown for residents MM 05/09/1994  By Efi Hafizah Hamzah
    THE long-awaited hearing on residents' objection to the development of an apartment block at Jalan Medang Serai, Bukit Bandaraya, was a letdown. Residents had expected some answers to be given at the hearing, but all they were told was that the complaints would be presented to the Datuk Bandar, Datuk Mazlan Ahmad.

51. Roboh: Penghuni diberi masa BH 09/09/1994
    KUALA LUMPUR, Khamis - Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan akan menyerahkan kepada Jawatankuasa Penghuni Highland Towers untuk menetapkan tempoh yang diperlukan bagi meroboh atau membaiki Blok B dan C pangsapuri itu.

52. Specify time needed, Ting tells committee NST 09/09/1994
    KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. - The Highland Towers residents/owners committee has been told to inform the Housing and Local Government Ministry how long it needed to come up with a proposal on the fate of the two remaining blocks. Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Dr Ting Chew Peh said this followed the decision by the Shah Alam High Court on Monday which granted an ex-parte application by four residents of Blocks B and C for a stay of notice to demolish or repair the two blocks within three months.

53. Projek di lereng bukit boleh diteruskan BH 10/09/1994
    KOK LANAS, Jumaat - Semua projek perumahan di lereng bukit yang dibekukan sementara berikutan kejadian runtuhan pangsapuri Highland Towers di Hulu Klang, Selangor, akhir tahun lalu, dibenarkan disambung semula. Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan, Datuk Dr Ting Chew Peh berkata, keputusan itu diambil setelah kajian yang dibuat mendapati semua projek itu selamat dan boleh diteruskan.

54. Highland Towers: Kerajaan tidak bayar pampasan BH 13/09/1994
    KUALA LUMPUR, Isnin - Kerajaan tidak akan membayar sebarang pampasan kepada kira-kira 150 penghuni pangsapuri Highland Towers yang kehilangan tempat tinggal berikutan runtuhan bangunan itu 11 Disember lalu. Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan, Datuk Dr Ting Chew Peh, berkata, kerajaan berpendirian demikian kerana ia membabitkan soal liabiliti terhadap kejadian itu.

55. Proposal to set up geo-technical engineering unit BT 28/09/1994 By Kamarul Yunus
    THE Housing and Local Government Ministry has proposed that the Government set up a geo-technical engineering unit to coordinate and regulate the development of hillslope projects. Its Minister Datuk Dr Ting Chew Peh said the ministry will discuss with the relevant authorities such as the Public Works Department (PWD) and Public Works Institute of Malaysia (Ikram) to come up with the framework for the setting up of the proposed unit.