Landowners compensated RM1.2 mln
LIMBANG: Forty-one landowners affected by the Nanga Medamit-Rh Aling road project have received land compensations totalling over RM1.2 million. Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas) quoted Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan saying that land acquisition was inevitable to ensure that development projects could be implemented in the interest of the public. He […]
Translation of Sarawak Land Code underway
KUCHING: Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak Baru (PBDSB) has embarked on a project to translate the Sarawak Land Code 1958. PBDSB president Bobby William said the initiative was undertaken by the party itself so that the Dayaks could have better understanding of their land rights. “We would like to inform the public and the Dayaks in […]
Land surveying only on formal applications
KUCHING: People looking to have their lands surveyed under Section 6 and Section 18 of the Sarawak Land Code must submit their applications to the Land and Survey Department. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said land surveying will only be carried out based on applications. “After the applications are received, they […]
24 Penasu residents receive land titles
SIBU: Twenty-four residents at Penasu, in Bawang Assan area here, received their individual land titles issued under Section 18 of Sarawak’s Land Code. They received their land titles at the Land and Survey Department Sibu Division office on Friday. They were led by a political secretary to the chief minister Daniel Bujal and accompanied by […]
Don’t sell titled NCR land
KUCHING: Landowners who have their land titles issued under Section 18 of the Sarawak Land Code (SLC) have been advised to continue to protect their land. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said landowners particularly in Kampung Rantau Panjang should not sell their land once they got the titles, but instead should […]
Survey NCR lands under Section 6 only
KUCHING: Native customary rights (NCR) lands should only be surveyed under Section 6 of the Sarawak Land Code to protect the lands from encroachment by outsiders. In stating this, Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri James Jemut Masing said the danger of selling NCR lands surveyed under Section 18 could result in native communities becoming landless […]
Over 940k hectares surveyed
By Nia Natasha Hasenan KUCHING: A total of 1,396,886 hectares of native customary lands have been approved for perimeter survey under Section 6 of the Sarawak Land Code. Assistant Minister of Agriculture, Native Land and Regional Development Datuk Roland Sagah Wee Inn said the data was taken from the Bumiputera Customary Land Rights Survey Progress […]
Sarawak Land and Survey online transactions go up
BY SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA LAWAS: The Sarawak Land and Survey Department (JTS) has seen an increase in its online sales, with 92,587 (88 percent) sales recorded while counter sales recorded 12,623 (12 percent), as of Sept 15. “Just imagine, during the Covid-19 pandemic when our counters were shut, if the eLASIS platform was unavailable, we […]
We want to help natives own lands
NCR LAND SURVEY KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg has slammed certain parties who had instigated the natives against the government’s sincere effort in surveying their native customary rights (NCR) lands. According to Abang Johari, more people have begun to accept the initiative where the lands are first surveyed under Section 6 […]
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 […]
