Land Slide Tragedy At Hulu Klang

At Last, the two missing persons in the Kg Pasir, Hulu Kelang land slide tragedy were found buried under 4-foot of mud after days of digging by the rescue crew members. The victims were a 32-year old Malay woman and her 4-year old daughter. Mother and daughter were found dead embracing each other. This brings the total casualty to 4. The place where the tragedy occured was not far from the scene of a far more tragic land slide many years ago, the High Land Towers Condominium, where a 40-storey high apartments collasped like a match box when its foundation shifted due to land slide. Many occupants lost their lives, including the son of former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Musa Hitam. Two adjecent blocks of apartments were subsequently declared unsafe, and they still remain vacant until today. The High Land Towers tragedy was reported widely by international news media because Malaysian government had sought help from experienced rescue teams from foreign nations like Germany, Sweden, France and Japan to save those trapped under the rubbles. This tragedy was a rude awakening for the relevant authorities. The Malaysian Parliament subsequently passed bills and acts hoping to prevent a reccurence. Unfortunately these steps taken by the government failed to prevent another life-snatching land slide, on top of that, in the same proximity as the previous tragedy. It is about time somebody from the local authority and the Department Of Environment (DOE)own up to the responsibility and resign from their positions. The Director of DOE recently claimed that they are under staffed when was criricised for failing to take action against a company which has violeted environmental regulations for the past 10 years. But we have so many unemployed graduates at the same time, where is the logic? Why can't we produce useful graduates, in environmetal study for instant? Then they can quickly fill the vacancies in the DOE and be employed.