邱博士问公务局，亚庇市政厅，消防拯救局，以及其他机构，包括工程协会和防治土崩机构是否有进行列常的视察及检验。 该委员会应该立即进行全面操作，视察所有可能会导致土崩的山坡以防止坍塌事件再次发生。Hiew asks whether the committee form by the JKR, DBKK, Bomba and Rescue, and other authorities and departments including professional bodies on the slope observation and collapse prevention is still in full operation. If not the committee should be reactivated immediately to provide check on all hill slopes before any disasters hit. 

The recent many collapse of the hill slopes into houses and properties had caused major concern among owners in Kota Kinabalu, and many had brought up their worries with the Member of Parliament Kota Kinabalu Dr. Hiew King Cheu. 

Today, the MP and his team visited a few sites where there are some high potential of hill slope failure and collapsing may occur after receiving complaints and request to check. It is obvious in some areas where there are serious movement in the unstable hill slope and sign of cracks appearing on the ground surface. 

The serious but lucky case of hill slope collapsing and sliding towards the housing in the Taman Bukit Saujana, in Likas was just like a “close-shave”. There would be a major disaster if not of a pond receiving the thousand ton of earth in between. There is a pile of four feet high of wet mud and earth just stopping a few feet short from the back door of the row of terrace houses. 

Hiew asks whether the committee form by the JKR, DBKK, Bomba and Rescue, and other authorities and departments including professional bodies on the slope observation and collapse prevention is still in full operation. If not the committee should be reactivated immediately to provide check on all hill slopes before any disasters hit. 

After checking with several government departments and authorities, there are land laws, enactment and guidelines on the safety of the landed properties which are to be followed strictly by the land owners. Any earth moving, filling and cutting of hill slopes permission must be given by the authorities before is work allowed to commence. The land owner must ensure that their land is kept safe and will not create nuisances to the neighbor and others.

Hiew reminded that there are still many “dangerous” slopes out there and it would be worth while to check if some is going to fail and should make remedy work immediately,  ‘prevention is better than cure’.      

By : Dr. Hiew King Cheu, Sabah DAP State Chairman

所有山坡需要迫切关注

最近到处发生山坡坍塌造成了许多房屋和财产严重损失，引起亚庇居民的深却关注，许多人向亚庇国会议员兼沙巴民主行动党州主席邱庆洲博士表达他们的忧虑。

今天，亚庇国会议员和他的团队收到民众的投诉和要求，前往一些山坡的地方进行视察，据投诉者说该处的地方极有可能发生坍塌的迹象。  很明显的发现某些地区的山坡已有严重的迁移的迹象，此外该地面上也出现了裂缝。

发生在里卡士，武吉绍嘉纳花园(Taman Bukit Saujana)山坡严重坍塌逼近民宅，却幸运的没有涉及人命伤亡的事件，实在是‘险过剃头’。 如果该处没有一个池塘阻挡了几千吨的泥土往前冲，肯定将会是个大灾难。 大约有4尺高的湿泥浆和泥土刚好停在排屋后门数英尺的地方。

邱博士问公务局，亚庇市政厅，消防拯救局，以及其他机构，包括工程协会和防治土崩机构是否有进行列常的视察及检验。 该委员会应该立即进行全面操作，视察所有可能会导致土崩的山坡以防止坍塌事件再次发生。

邱博士联系了多个政府部门和有关当局，向他们了解有关土地法令，规则以及土地安全准则，以及地主是否有遵照。 任何泥土的搬运，填土和开山的工程都必须得到地方当局的审刻和批准，才可以进行其工作。 所有的地主必须要确保个人的土地不会造成滋扰或危害他人。

邱国会议员提醒市民说，亚庇市还有许多‘危险’的斜坡， 因此最好进行列常检查是否有倒塌的迹象，如果发现有，请即刻通知有关当局及时作出补救工作，免得‘亡羊补牢’。