THE State Government is continuing the Sabah Native Land Services Programme (Pantas) to complete the Native Customary Rights (NCR) land survey work, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor.
He said the State Government was committed to issuing land titles to the people of Sabah as it concerned for all in the State regardless of race, religion or politics.
“The Pantas Programme which has been implemented since 2011 is now being continued by the GRS-BN Government, realising the importance of issuing the land titles specifically natives in the rural areas, including Telupid.
“The approach to continue Pantas Programme is also to ensure the issuance of titles with the status of Native Title (NT) for NCR land which have been occupied for a long time can be speeded up to overcome the delay when going through the normal application process prior to this,” he said at a ceremony to hand over land titles in Telupid on May 14.
Hajiji said the State Government wanted the process of issuing land titles to be empowered and intensified further this year.
“Last year (2021), the State Government succeeded in surveying 15,511.52 hectares (ha) of lands for the natives of Sabah and gazetted 80 areas as a Special Village Reserve Land,” he said.
Hajiji also handed over 181 NT land titles involving an area of 523.78ha and a gazetted village reserve namely the 81.47ha Kampung Telupid Batu 4 as Native Residential Site.
