Over 1.2 Million Hectares Of NCR Land Surveyed In Sarawak
Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said that through the New NCR Land Survey Initiative, carried out from October 2010 to April 30 this year, 1,200,766 hectares or 2,967,093 acres have been surveyed.
"Of that total, about 935,760 hectares or 2,312,263 acres have been gazetted as Native Communal Reserve (Agriculture) under Section 6 of the Sarawak Land Code. This survey work is based on applications from the parties involved," he said when winding up for the Natural Resources and Urban Development Ministry at the State Assembly sitting here today.
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