Shelter from tremors


Is there a need for quake-proof buildings now that Malaysians are no longer immune to earthquakes?

It was a public holiday and M. Harun was resting in his Petaling Jaya apartment when he felt the furniture shaking. Having experienced tremors before, his immediate thought was that an earthquake had struck in Indonesia and he was right.

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