SUKAU: The State Government, through the Land and Survey Department, handed over 344 native land grants to residents of 34 villages, here, Saturday.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor said the titles covered a land size of 722.5 hectares, which among others included 51 titles in Kampung Usaha Jaya, Kampung Sungai Teneggang (49), Kampung Sinar Jaya (30) and Kampung Sukau (26).
“Of the 344 titles, 141 were for the Sabah State Customary Land Service Programme (Pantas) and 203 were through regular land applications,” he said.
Hajiji said about 8,000 grants have already been issued and either he or a government representative will personally hand it to the villagers during district visits. SPONSORED CONTENT Shell’s Access to Energy helps power lives of isolated communities in Sabah Kota Kinabalu: In 2017, Sabah Shell Petroleum Co Ltd (SSPC) launched Access to Energy (A2E), a Shell Social Investment programme aimed at providing affordable and continuous supply of electricity from renewable sources for communities who live without connection to the electricity grid. Read more The Indigenous Residential Reserve Gazetted Land grant for Kampung Litang, Sukau covering 82.3 hectares was also handed over to Kinabatangan district officer Abdul Manap Abd Ruhim.
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