MUKAH: Some 188 persons received land titles under Section 18 of the State Land Code from Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan in a ceremony at Dalat Community Hall here, yesterday.
During the ceremony another 102 persons from Ulu Sungai Apang and Sungai Buluh, Oya also received land titles for agricultural purposes.
Awang Tengah in his speech called on the people not to believe the ploy of some political parties that said the state government was dishonest in giving land titles.
“As of April 30, this year, 26,036 individual lots have been successfully surveyed involving 32,376 hectares.
“This year, we intend to survey 718,522 hectares of land that have been gazetted for individual titles.
“Hence, we are looking forward to the full cooperation of land owners to facilitate and expedite the survey,” he pointed out.
Also present was Welfare, Community Well-being, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah.
