Our trip to Hong Kong coincided with yet another landslide in Bukit Antarabangsa, so it brought to stark relief that alot of the high-rises in Hong Kong were built in very steep slopes without too many of the slope stability problems we have faced in Malaysia.
Why is this the case? Is it because that our buildings are badly or under-designed; or as many Malaysian engineers have claimed, is it due to bad slope maintenance?
Judging by the less onerous fire regulations requirement adopted by our 26 storey hotel;
e.g. only 1 fire escape staircase when in Malaysia there is a minimum requirement for 2 escape staircases;
only fire detectors in the hotel room, when in Malaysia there would have been a requirement for a sprinkler system.
I conclude that it's down to sloppy maintenance of Malaysian hillslopes.
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