NCR land rights

Govt recognises NCR land rights

by Philip Kiew. Posted on January 26, 2011, Wednesday

LIMBANG: The state government is consistent in NCR land recognition as reflected in traditional village settlements, perimeter survey, new initiatives and compensation payment for land acquired.

THANK YOU: Awang Tengah (centre) presents cheque and newly minted land title to a recipient under the Tahai initiative of Limbang Division Land and Survey Department, witnessed by (from left) Dr Rahman, Hasbi, Henry, Paulus and Zamri in the background.

Second Minister of Planning and Resource Management Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan said this at the presentation of land compensation and issuance of land titles by Limbang Division Land and Survey Department at Kampung Meritam in Limbang yesterday.

The compensation was for the 26 hectares of land involving 75 lots and 25 lots acquired in Kampung Ipai and Kampung Telahak respectively for a drainage and irrigation system by the government to boost agriculture productivity.

He said the compensation underscored the government’s policy of paying for legitimate land owners for land acquisition for projects of public interest.

On the traditional village settlement, of which tens of thousands has been issued since it started in 1966 in Sarawak, he said Kampung Meritam would be included in this programme this year.

“This is a continuous programme and it is impossible to survey and issue individual titles overnight as this is time-consuming as it involved so many villages scattered throughout this big state, and the department has manpower constraint,” he said.

Tengah urged the people to have realistic expectations as the department also have other priorities.

The department has earmarked Kampung Kelapa Mawar, Kampung Ula, Kampung Meritam, Kampung Bung Abai in Limbang district for this programme this year.

Perimeter survey of NCR land, he said, required the people’s cooperation with the Land and Survey Department.

The 1.5 million hectares of NCR land for survey required time, and the RM20 million allocated last year has enabled 20,000 hectares spread out in 27 different locations in the state to be surveyed.

The state government has spread it out to include every community in the state. Other places earmarked in Limbang district include Paya Lakap and Batu Lapan.

“The Department has been told to move on to other villages if a village is embroiled in land disputes over petty issues as there are many waiting for their turn,” he said of the need for local cooperation.

Limbang Division Land and Survey superintendent Awang Zamhari said the drainage project involving land acquisition would boost agricultural activities in the area.

Also present were Limbang MP Hasbi Habibolah and his Lawas counterpart Datuk Henry Sum Agong, state assemblymen Dr Abdul Rahman Ismail (Bukit Kota) and Paulus Palu Gumbang (Batu Danau) and community leaders.

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