Najib honours promise to rakyat

BETONG: The Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has announced RM30mil more for continuing the perimeter survey of native customary rights (NCR) land in Sarawak next year.

“I promise that in next year’s budget, the Federal Government will provide RM30mil extra to continue the perimeter surveys,” Najib said, speaking at Rumah Wilson Begat Bakir, about 30km from here.

“With the additional amount, a lot more will be surveyed and we can finish what we started. The natives will have land. We honour our promises,” he added, making the first of his three Gawai Dayak visits to rural longhouses yesterday.

According to Betong MP, Datuk Seri Douglas Uggah Embas, who is Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister, the Sarawak government currently recognises 681,739ha of native land. However, not all have been surveyed and gazetted.