New revenue streams through amended Bills
THE passing of the Land Code (Amendment) Bill, 2022 and Forests (Amendment) Bill 2022 is a new revenue re-engineering effort in diversifying and expanding the state’s revenue base. It not only retains the state’s rights over land and airspace but also would help to generate future streams for Sarawak in a significant way, said Second […]
Landmark environment preservation efforts
If we wait for the meek to inherit the earth there won’t be anything left to inherit. – Bob Hunter, Canadian environmentalist This week, the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (DUN) has passed two Bills – namely the Land Code (Amendment) Bill, 2022 and the Forests (Amendment) Bill, 2022. In a sense, the two Bills marked […]
Sarawak has the right
THE tabling of the Sarawak Land Code (Amendment) Bill is within the state’s jurisdiction as there is no provision for it under the Ninth Schedule either federal, state or concurrent list. The Bill empowers the state government to regulate and control the use of land for carbon storage and the use of airspace spectrum above […]
