KUCHING, Oct 21: The Sarawak government completes perimeter surveys for approximately 1.249 million hectares (3.086 million acres) of Native Customary Rights (NCR) land under the ‘New Initiative’ programme commencing October 2010 that runs through September 30, 2026.

According to Minister of Natural Resources and Urban Development (MUDeNR) Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan, out of the total surveyed, approximately 979,000 hectares (2.42 million acres) were gazetted as Bumiputera Communal Reserves (Agricultural) under Section 6 of the Sarawak Land Code.

“Since 2017, the surveying of individual lots has also been intensified to facilitate the issuance of land titles under Section 18; to date, 112,711 lots have been successfully surveyed,” said Awang Tengah during his winding up speech at the Sarawak Legislative Assembly today.