This may simply imply that SEA legislation is not a ‘silver
bullet’ that can be mimicked from other countries but has to be
customized and complemented with a locally validated SEA
analytical and behavioural framework taking into consideration
national environmental data availability and cultural
systems (Agamuthu and Dennis, 2013). Furthermore, there are
differing views on the potential development pathway for SEA
in Asia. One point of view is that SEA should be linked with the
sustainable development agenda while others contend that SEA
should be focused on its core function of environmental
protection to ensure its viability