Kpg Sungai Ladong expansion scheme to benefit villagers
SEBUYAU: Kampung Sungai Ladong here will soon be expanded with 29 acres of land to meet the needs of the village folk in the area, said Datuk Julaihi Narawi. The Sebuyau assemblyman added that the village expansion scheme (SPK) was approved with a grant of RM17 million by the state government and the site has […]
New system more efficient in getting NCR land surveyed
MUKAH: Over 780,000 hectares of Native Customary Rights (NCR) land were gazetted in just ten years from 2010 after a more efficient system was put in place. And the Land and Survey department has thus far already surveyed more than one million hectares of such land throughout Sarawak. This is a far cry from the […]
NCR land claimants must cooperate on surveying
MUKAH: The Land and Survey Department has so far successfully conducted a perimeter survey on 1,011,566 hectares of native customary rights (NCR) lands statewide under the new initiative since 2010. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said of the total, 780,203 hectares had been gazetted under the new initiative of the NCR […]
Land for development projects
KUCHING: Land acquisitions by the government are necessary for development of infrastructure and utility projects for the people’s benefit. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan explained that development projects by the government were meant to provide direct benefits to the people to uplift their socio-economic status. “The government does not take land […]
RM400 mln paid out for land acquisition
KUCHING: The state government has paid outRM400 million in compensation for some 1,300 land lots that were acquired for 234 projects in Kuching division in the last five years. Land and Survey Department (JTS) Kuching division superintendent Alfian Bawi said this year alone, 41 land acquisition projects had been carried out with compensation payments amounting […]
Commitment in cultivating innovation, creativity
KUCHING: The Land and Survey Department (JTS) continues to be committed in cultivating innovation and creativity among its staff regardless of any challenges including those posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. JTS director Abdullah Julaihi pointed out that the theme ‘Tranformasi Perkhidmatan Memacu Aspirasi 2030’ for the department’s Integrity and Innovation Day (HIITS) 2021 was aligned […]
Nearly one million hectares of land measured
KUCHING: The Land and Survey Department (JTS) has cumulatively measured a total of 999,853 hectares of land as of Aug 31 despite the challenges posed by Covid-19. This was pointed out by JTS director Abdullah Julaihi who stated that 776,226 hectares of the total had been gazetted under Section 6 of the Sarawak Land Code. […]
Department inks MOU with varsity
KUCHING: A memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been inked between Sarawak Land and Survey Department (LSD) and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) to set up the LSD-UTM Satellite Laboratory. In congratulating both parties, Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said the collaboration will contribute to new ways and strategies in land management, including evaluation […]
Department closes Samarahan, Serian offices
KUCHING: The Land and Survey Department offices in the Samarahan and Serian divisions are temporarily closed from today (Aug 30) and will resume operations on Wednesday (Sept 1). The department said the closure is to enable the sanitisation works to be carried out in accordance with standard operating procedures in order to prevent the spread […]
Public warned about land scams on social media
KUCHING: The public and communities in the Santubong and Kuching areas, in particular, must always be wary of individuals or companies offering the distribution or sale of land for residential lots in certain areas. The Land and Survey Department (JTS) said it had never appointed a third party to manage the selection of participants for […]
