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19 IIUMLJ 1 (2011)

handle is hein.journals/iiumlj19 and id is 1 raw text is: (2011) 19 IIUMLJ 1 THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT 1974: A SIGNIFICANT LEGAL INSTRUMENT FOR IMPLEMENTING ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY DIRECTIVES OF MALAYSIA* Maizatun Mustafa** ABSTRACT In Malaysia, the Environmental Quality Act 1974 is considered to be the most comprehensive piece of legislation promulgated to deal with environmental protection and pollution control. The Act also forms the basic instrument for achieving environmental policy objectives. As a developing country that strives for economic growth, Malaysia's rapid development activities especially since the early 1980s have unveiled new dimensions to environmental concerns. Since its introduction more than 30 years ago, the scope and strategies of this Act have been constantly amended, altered or improved in the pursuit of environmental policy objectives. Thus, in the context of environmental protection, the Environmental This paper is an improved version of a paper presented in the 6 Asian Law Institute Conference, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong on 29-30 May 2009. This paper is funded by the Research Management Centre (RMC), HUM. Assistant Professor, Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, International Islamic University Malaysia.

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