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The Star 22 May 2018 Malaysia

Disaster zone: An aerial view of the recent landslide in Tanjung Bungah, Penang.

Nobody knew a natural disaster was waiting to happen until Sungai Kelian in Tanjung Bungah turned brown and silty. The sudden profusion of laterite mud flowing out to sea was caused by a landslide even bigger than the one that killed 11 people at ...

Filed under: Disasters & Failures

Construction for Singapore’s end of HSR to start in 2019

The Star 16 April 2018 Republic of Singapore Singapore

SINGAPORE: The Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) has called for tenders for the design and construction of tunnels and associated facilities for Singapore’s end of the high-speed rail (HSR) project connecting with Kuala Lumpur, The Straits ...

Filed under: Construction News

Tanjung Bungah landslide: ‘DOE rejected developer’s application’

The Star 23 October 2017 Malaysia Tanjung Bungah

PETALING JAYA: The developer’s application to build a residential project at the site of a massive landslide that took the lives of nine construction workers was rejected by the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry as it was located near a quarry ...

Filed under: Disasters & Failures

Village hit by fourth landslide

The Star 30 June 2015 Malaysia Johor Baru

Saving what they can: Villagers trying to salvage their belongings after the landslide in Kampung Tahana 2, Johor Baru.

JOHOR BARU: Labourer Haerul Anwar Tamrin and his family were startled awake when a landslide hit their house in Kampung Tahana 2, Larkin here. The 23-year-old man said his grandmother and aunt who were in the house with him were asleep when the incident ...

Filed under: Natural Hazards