NCR land perimeter survey in Ulu Tinjar to start this week

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NCR land perimeter survey in Ulu Tinjar to start this week

Posted on December 18, 2010, Saturday

MIRI: Land and Survey (L&S) Department will be carrying out a perimeter survey for Long Aton, Ulu Tinjar in Baram starting this week.

FIRST HAND LOOK: Lihan uses a theodolite to make an area survey while others look on.
Land officer Mohamad Asri Haji Jaya said the size of Long Aton which will be surveyed is about 1,207 hectares and belongs to some 3,329 landowners.

“Long Aton, Tinjar is the second in Miri to be surveyed under the Native Customary Right (NCR) new initiative. The area was requested for survey by the Kayan-Kenyah community here and I am happy that the L&S is able to fulfill their request,” he said during a dialogue session with Long Aton community yesterday.

Mohamad Asri said the department would continue to engage and consult the Long Aton community to enable the people to express their opinions and thoughts.

In ensuring the success of the implementation of NCR new initiative, he urged landowners to render their full co-operation to the department when the survey work is carried out this week.

“Our target is to complete perimeter survey of Long Aton within a month and hopefully with assistance from the landowners, the department will be able to achieve its target,” he remarked.

After the completion of survey work, the land will be gazetted as Native Communal Reserve under Section 6 of the Sarawak Land Code.

Mohamad Asri assured the community can immediately detect any intrusion on their land when their land is already gazetted.

Survey of NCR land under the New Initiative is an ongoing process and will continue until the end of 10th Malaysia Plan which or by 2015.

Meanwhile, Telang Usan Assemblyman Lihan Jok has expressed his gratitude to the government in speed up the perimeter survey process at one of his areas.

“Don’t be misled by the opposition party as the perimeter survey has no hidden agenda to seize the people’s NCR land.

“In fact the Land Code has stated clearly that there is alternative way to claim your NCR land,” he remarked.