Over 11,000 hectares of NCR land gazetted in Samarahan

KOTA SAMARAHAN: A total of 11,044.93 hectares of Native Customary Rights (NCR) land have been gazetted under Section 6 of the Sarawak Land Code in Samarahan Division as of Nov 11.

Samarahan Division Land and Survey superintendent Ahmad Raslan Yaiyah said the figure represented part of the 23,839.69 hectares of NCR land surveyed across the division under the New NCR Land Survey Initiative.

“As of Nov 11, 2026, a total of 23,839.69 hectares, or 58,919.15 acres, of NCR land have been surveyed throughout Samarahan Division.

“Of this, 11,044.93 hectares, equivalent to 27,292.61 acres, have been gazetted under Section 6 of the Sarawak Land Code,” he said at the presentation ceremony for Section 6 Bumiputera Communal Reserve gazette notifications, Section 18 and Section 13 land titles, and land compensation cheques at the Kota Samarahan Civic Centre here on Wednesday.

Ahmad Raslan said another 3,440 individual land lots covering 3,288.41 hectares had been surveyed under Phase Two of the initiative, involving Section 18 of the Land Code.

He said the ongoing efforts by the Land and Survey Department reflected its commitment to safeguarding the rights and interests of Bumiputera communities.

At the ceremony, 18 recipients received Section 6 Bumiputera Communal Reserve gazette notifications, while 622 received Section 18 land titles and another 33 received Section 13 titles.

A further 54 recipients received land compensation cheques totalling RM5.26 million.

The Section 6 gazette notifications involved 11 gazettes covering villages and areas including Kampung Tambey, Kampung Tanjung Apong, Tanjung Parang/Sembawang, Kampung Emperan Buluh, Kampung Bulan, Kampung Kelait, Kampung Jeragam, Kampung Kesindu, Kampung Temiang and Kampung Nanas.

Meanwhile, Ahmad Raslan said 52 land acquisition projects were being implemented across Samarahan Division as of Nov 11, comprising four federal and 48 state government projects.

He said the department had received approximately RM106.38 million in allocations for the projects, of which RM80.06 million had been spent, with overall physical progress reaching 80.96 per cent.

Also present were Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan, Minister for Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development Datuk Rubiah Wang and Ministry of Natural Resources and Urban Development permanent secretary Datuk Abdullah Julaihi.