Published: Friday December 19, 2008 MYT 1:07:00 PM
Updated: Friday December 19, 2008 MYT 8:11:07 PM
Majority of Bkt Antarabangsa residents can return home (Update 2)
SHAH ALAM: The majority of Bukit Antarabangsa residents will be allowed to return to their homes in the landslide-hit area.
Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim told reporters here on Friday that this was based on the preliminary findings of the Public Works Department (PWD), Malaysian Public Works Institute (Ikram) and Geological Department following the landslide tragedy on Dec 6, which killed four people and destroyed 14 houses.
He said had directed Gombak District officer Huzaini Samsi and Ampang Jaya Municipal Council president Abdul Hamid Hussain to study the report and visit the areas where the houses will have to be abandoned.
"We (the state government) will then discuss the report from the council chief and district officer to see what help we can offer to the residents who will be able to move back to their homes and also those who will shift out.
"There are also a few areas listed in the report where some work needs to carried out to secure future safety," he told reporters when met at the state secretariat building on Friday.
Khalid said he would visit the site of the landslide about 10am on Sunday to announce the list of houses that needed to be vacated and also the help that the state government would offer.
He, however, said he had yet to read the report in full and so could not make any further comments on its contents.
Some 3,000 Bukit Antarabangsa residents, who had to evacuate their homes after the landslide, had been waiting cautiously for the report.
The affected residents are from Impian Selatan Condominium, Taman Bukti Jaya, Taman Bukti Mewah and Taman Wangsa Ukay.
It is learnt that the report did not contain the full details of findings such as the causes of landslide and the current status of the surrounding slopes.
It did, however, list the affected homes in several categories - stable, low risk, high risk and unsafe for occupation.
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