• Whose responsibility
  Currently, it seems that the monitoring and enforcement measures recommended by an EIA may not necessarily be carried out since the State and not the Federal Government has authority over land issues.  This situation severely handicaps the role of the EIA and undermines the interests and safety of the public.  It is of paramount importance that the Federal and State governments seek a solution to this.  Either the State agencies take on the responsibility or the Federal Governmentshould be allowed to.  Whichever, people's lives and the environment must be protected.
  
• Sensitive areas
  Reducing the minimum requirement for EIA to 25 ha will not have prevented or avoided the current landslide threat faced by the Athenaeum condominium at Bukit antarabangsa. Even with this change in requirements, the condominium project would still be too small to require an EIA. Yet the threats and dangers of building on steep slopes is very real. MNS recommends that any development irrespective of size should be required to have an EIA if it involves building on slopes greater than 20° and no development at all on slopes above 30° as indeed recommended in the Draft Structural Plan 1995-2020 for Ampang Jaya. This should probably be extended to any development located within 200 m of such slopes. Indeed, these high risk sensitive areas should be identified by geological survey and marked out in local structural plans based on slope and the soil geology and only essential development should be allowed according to very strict and established criteria. 
• Geology component to EIAs and building plans
  A geological survey and soil report are important in ensuring safety of development projects in highlands and slopes and to minimise environmental damage. Yet it has been reported that even when EIAs are carried out, this component is often missing.  MNS recommends that this be made a standard requirement of any EIA or building plans in high risk areas.  
• Post development monitoring and maintenance
  MNS also welcomes the recommendation from Dr Ting Wen Hui, civil engineering consultant, on the setting aside of funds mainly for the maintenance of buildings and properties from the develo-per as done in some developed countries. The fund would support the maintenance of buildings and the testing of the geological conditions on a regular basis by the local authority. 

Kuala Lumpur, 20 May 1999