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Time To Strengthen Environmental Impact Assessment Reports

Kwong Chiew Ee, Member, Bar Council Environment and Climate Change Committee

12-Dec-23 08:30

Time To Strengthen Environmental Impact Assessment Reports

The Environmental Impact Assessments were introduced back in 1974 under the Environmental Quality Act to evaluate the sustainability and long-term viability of a proposed project or development. However, amid accusations that these EIAs have not fulfilled their purpose, the Natural Resources, Environment, and Climate Change Ministry might want to make it more robust. Kwong Chiew Ee, a member of the Bar Council Environment and Climate Change Committee, explains what this means.

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Produced by: Chin Wai Lun

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Keith Kam, Anwar Mahbob


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Categories:  environmentLaw/Activism

Tags:  environmental impact assessmentenvironmental quality act 1974amendmentseia consultant independence





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