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Social Impact Assessment (SIA) was formally discussed in Malaysia as a tool in social and landuse planning in the mid 1990's.
Various initiatives were mobilized by the government and non-government bodies towards enhancing and institutionalizing SIA
which had consequently encouraged private sector consultancies and institutes of higher learning to participate in improving
the practice of SIA. There were may concurrent interest to form MSIA. With due respect to the history of SIA in Malaysia whose
originating initiatives were carried by many committed individuals spread across the country, a Pro-tem Committee was officially
formed in year 2003 to work on the registration of the Association and other matters. Henceforth, the Constitution of MSIA
was drafted and submitted to the Registrar of Societies. Consequently, there was a pre-launch of MSIA on the 26th February
2004. After a wait of one year, the Malaysian Association of Social Impact Assessment was registered.
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