Mambong to grow coffee on large scale
KUCHING: An outreach programme (AgriCOP) was held in Bunuk recently to promote large-scale coffee cultivation in the Mambong constituency. On Sept 12, Assistant Minister of Transport, Datuk Dr Jerip Susil, officiated at the outreach programme held at St Paul Parish Hall, Bunuk. The event was organised jointly by Persatuan Segu Bunuk and the Sarawak Agriculture […]
Owners’ rights assured
NCR LANDS KUCHING: Native customary rights (NCR) landowners are assured of their rights to the lands as long they have been surveyed and validated under the Sarawak Land Code. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said this was why the state government insisted on surveying native lands, first under Section 6 to […]
Landowners receive compensation
KAPIT: Eighteen landowners whose properties are affected by four projects undertaken by the Ulu Rajang Development Agency (Urda) received compensation totalling over RM280,500. Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi, who is also Kapit Member of Parliament (MP), presented the cheques to recipients during a ceremony held at Song community hall […]
Rural folk laud govt initiative
MIRI: Rural folks are excited about the initiative brought by the state government through Section 6 and Section 18 of the Sarawak Land Code (SLC). With the perimeter survey carried out under Section 6 before proceeding to Section 18, majority of the native (landowners) lauded the government’s efforts. For 2019, the state government has allocated […]
Baru lying
KUCHING: Ba’Kelalan assemblyman Baru Bian cannot lie and hoodwink Sarawakians anymore by saying that Section 6 of the Sarawak Land Code does not guarantee proprietary rights to natives who are claiming their native customary rights (NCR) over ancestral land or to get their land surveyed or alienated to them, says Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. […]
Don’t question the initiative
MUKAH: Tellian assemblyman Yussibnosh Balo said he fully supported the state government’s initiative in surveying native customary rights (NCR) land under Section 6 and Section 18 of the state Land Code. He said irrespective of the size of the land, the government would continue to carry out the surveying work so as to recognise the people’s […]
What Sections 6 and 18 of Sarawak Land Code say
SECTION 6 Native Communal Reserves SECTION 6 of the Sarawak Land Code empowers the Minister to declare any area of state land to be a Native Communal Reserve for the use of any native community, which case, rights in any such land shall be regulated by the customary law of the community for whose use […]
Villages get land titles
SERIAN: Forty-two areas gazetted as Bumiputera Communal Reserve (agriculture) under Section 6 of the Sarawak Land Code have been handed over to 40 villages around Serian and Tebedu. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan who officiated at the ceremony recently also presented 202 land titles under Section 18 of the Land Code […]
Beware opposition tactics
MIRI: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg has reminded the natives in Sarawak to be aware of the opposition whom he described as a ‘snake’ that wraps around their prey harping on and twisting land issues. “Don`t be fooled by the opposition’s instigation on land issues, because believing in such propaganda would lead […]
NCR land registration valid: Dept
KUCHING: All Native Customary Rights (NCR) lands gazetted as Bumiputera Communal Reserve under Section 6 of the Sarawak Land Code (SLC) are valid and registered in the land register. “Therefore, there is no doubt about the boundaries between communities as the boundaries have been surveyed, marked and plotted in cadastral plans,” the Land and Survey […]
