KUCHING, May 15 — A total of 1,248 projects that require land acquisition have been approved from 2018 to April this year, Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan told the Sarawak Legislative Assembly today. He said out of the total, 389 state-funded projects were allocated RM781.07 million and 130 federal-funded projects with RM227.67 … Read more
PUTRAJAYA, March 29 — The Land Public Transport Agency (APAD) hopes more express bus operators will apply for the Temporary Change of Licence (LPS) to provide better, safer and more efficient quality of service to passengers in conjunction with the Hari Raya Aidilftri celebration. APAD, however, reminded express bus operators to offer reasonable fares and … Read more
JOHOR BARU, March 27 — The Johor Immigration Department will work towards improving the facilities and systems of the two land border crossings that connect Malaysia and Singapore at Bangunan Sultan Iskandar (BSI) and Kompleks Sultan Abu Bakar (KSAB), to deal with the issue of traffic congestion. Its director Baharuddin Tahir said he will hold … Read more
DUNGUN, March 17 — The implementation of the agricultural land rental system, especially for vegetables to local operators, needs to be reviewed to prevent the sector from being dominated by foreigners, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said. This is because local operators enjoying benefits rent out the land instead to foreigners to … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 — The Perak government will gazette land for use by animal welfare organisations as a long-term plan to solve the problem of strays in the state. State Local Government Committee chairman Sandrea Ng Shy Ching said under the plan, the organisations have been tasked to look for suitable land for the … Read more
KUCHING, March 10 — The Sarawak government will provide 1,500 hectares of land for rice production to ensure food security in Malaysia, said Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg. He said the rice cultivation project will be carried out in stages using the allocation from the federal government, totalling RM173 million. “I estimate that … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — The Malaysian Investment Development Authority (Mida) has officially received the ECRL Integrated Land Use Master Plan (PeGTaECRL) from PLANMalaysia in conjunction with the Seminar on the East Coast Rail Link-Economic Accelerator Project (ECRL-EAP) Business and Investment Opportunities. In a statement today, Mida said its chief executive officer Datuk Arham Abdul … Read more
ALOR SETAR, March 5 — The Kedah government is committed to building a land bridge in Sanglang, Kubang Pasu district, in preparation for global economic challenges by 2040. Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor said meetings have been held and the government plans to approve the construction of a port in Sanglang, connecting … Read more
SHAH ALAM, March 5 — The Selangor government does not permit any development on Malay reserve land unless it involves the construction of public infrastructure, said Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari. He said among the public infrastructure development projects carried out on such land are the construction of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) … Read more
KUCHING, Feb 16 ― Land acquisition by the Sarawak government for the implementation of public development projects must include appropriate compensation, said Deputy Premier of Sarawak Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan. According to him, compensation would be given to landowners for all land obtained for development purposes, based on the evaluation conducted by the … Read more
