Ahad, Julai 08, 2012

INADEQUATE SURVEY FUNDS AFFECT NATIVE LAND CLAIMS – ONGKILI

Inadequate survey funds affect native land claims – Ongkili

KOTA MARUDU July 8, 2012: Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Datuk Seri Panglima Dr Maximus Ongkili has urged the state government to double its current allocation to clear the backlog of land claims involving the natives and to allow for surveying to progress.

The Kota Marudu member of parliament said land ownership by rural natives is still hampered by insufficient funding to facilitate the surveying of areas which they applied for, including those which they had toiled on and native customary rights land.

“Sabahans have made their grouses known and heard relating to numerous native land claims yet to be processed after years of application, caused in the main by the lack of funds allocated to the Land and Survey Department specifically for conducting survey works,” he said.

Ongkili lauded the federal government for allocating RM26 million to Sabah to conduct survey for NCR land, which remains a thorny issue among the people.

“This allocation is much welcomed and appreciated as land is a state matter. However, the amount is insufficient to clear the huge backlog in all districts. I urge the state government to double the existing state allocation for surveying so that we can resolve this problem,” he said.

Ongkili added that it was only through survey of the NCR land could native land areas be accorded protection from intrusion by huge companies most of which are not owned by locals.

“An annual allocation of at least RM100million by the state government for the next three years will clear all the survey work backlog. This means land assets will be in the hands of most natives who rightfully own this land of Sabah,” he said during a working visit to Kampung Tangkol in Marak Parak, where he joined in the Pesta Kaamatan celebration.

During his visit, Ongkili noted that Mukim Marak Parak, which comprises 22 villages with a population of 3,500 people, had progressed from a sleepy hollow to a shining model of a successful rural transformation carried out by Barisan Nasional.

“Ten years ago the areas was a sleepy part of Kota Marudu with the 45km road link to the township of Kota Marudu a popular location for spotlight hunting as there were not many motorists plying the road.

Today the road is being upgraded and sealed as a major link between Kota Marudu and Ranau. A RM10 million water supply system is being built to cater for 12 villages along the Marak Parak-Kota Marudu road while electricity supply has reached 18 of the 22 villages and mobile phone service is now available at all the villages.

“The Education Department has secured a site for a new SMK Marak Parak to serve the six primary feeder schools in the area and almost every household has a rubber plot as source of income,” he said.

Ongkili pointed out, “this was the delivery of promised economic transformation to the people by Barisan Nasional, unlike the Opposition who are only good at criticising and making all sorts of promises without any capacity nor power to deliver.”

13 ulasan:

  1. Hopefully the Land and Survey Department will work hard to clear the backlogs for native claims as soon as possible.

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  2. Don't let the people wait too long for their land application.

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  3. permohonan tanah haruslah diuruskan segera.. jgnlah sampai mengambil masa terlalu lama. smpat bertahun-tahun.

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    1. Perbaiki kelemahan dalam Jabatan Tanah dan Ukur supaya permohonan tanah tidak tertangguh.

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  4. Masalah tanah yang berlaku di Sabah ini masih menjadi permainan parti pembangkang di Sabah. Namun kerajaan terus membuat kajian mengenai perkara ini.

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    1. Pembangkang menggunakn isu tanah untuk memancing undi.

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  5. Kerajaan pasti sedaya upaya menyelesaikan masalah tanah di Sabah.

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  6. jika masalah tanah di negeri ini masih tidak selesai, saya rasa lebih baik guna peruntukkan yang banyak itu untuk menubuhkan RCI khas untuk menyiasat apa sebenarnya yang berlaku di Jabatan Tanah negeri ini..

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  7. Kota Marudu is set to get maximum benefit from the ongoing Kota Marudu-Ranau road link project which, when completed, will cost the government about RM700 million. Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili who is also Kota Marudu MP, said the 85km road project, would benefit 35 villages, including 20 villages in Kota Marudu, and some 10,000 people.

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  8. He said the inter-district connection would also provide another alternative route to Ranau. At the moment, Ranau is accessible from Kota Kinabalu via the Tamparuli-Ranau road and Tambunan-Ranau road.

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  9. This is especially useful in the event of a landslide at the Tamparuli-Ranau road due to rain. Ongkili had personally visited the project site with the Works Ministry''s secretary-general Datuk Thomas George and Sabah Public Works Department director Datuk Ir. John Anthony.

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  10. The four packages for the inter-district road connection project commenced in 2008, involving the Kota Marudu-Marak Parak-Melinsau-Poring-Ranau stretches. The first package involves the Kota Marudu-Marak Parak link, which consists of three phases costing RM265 million. The group visited the third phase of the Kota Marudu-Marak Parak stretch covering 18.2km.

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  11. The project is Barisan Nasional’s commitment to rural infrastructure development in ensuring that the rural people too enjoy the fruit of development. This project will have a positive economic impact for the people, including boosting tourism and agriculture activities in the Kota Marudu and Ranau districts.

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