By LYNCH COWAN
SRI AMAN: The state government is no longer alone in doing native customary rights (NCR) land survey as the federal government has recently allocated RM10.5 million under the NCR Land Survey Initiative.
Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said the state government had always recognised the people’s rights over their NCR land.
Survey works on NCR land in the state started back in 1960, he explained, and that the government would not take away NCR land without the permission of the land owners.
He was speaking at the presentation of land titles to owners of NCR land here yesterday.
He said in Sri Aman division, some 35,803 hectares (88,471 acres) of land had been gazetted under Section 6 of the State Land Ordinance involving 63 areas.
He said from the total, 2,806 individual lots had already been surveyed and would be given titles under Section 18 of the State Land Ordinance.
He added that the function was proof that the state government was fulfilling its promises of giving land titles under Section 18 and Section 6 of the State Land Ordinance to the land owners.
