{"id":5352,"date":"2009-08-11T20:28:59","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T12:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/?p=5352"},"modified":"2009-08-11T20:28:59","modified_gmt":"2009-08-11T12:28:59","slug":"perak-govt-propose-changes-to-solve-land-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/borninmalaysia\/2009\/08\/11\/perak-govt-propose-changes-to-solve-land-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Perak govt propose changes to solve land problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The current Perak government is<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/news\/story.asp?file=\/2009\/8\/9\/nation\/4486192&amp;sec=nation\" target=\"_blank\"> proposing changes <\/a>in order to solve land problems in Perak. Remember the issue of land titles for New Villages? Perak&#8217;s current MB mentioned that the populist by PR government did not get much response. Any comments?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Perak Government has submitted new proposals to the National Land Council (NLC) in hopes of solving land problems faced by Perak folk.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said the suggestions not only dealt with converting leasehold titles to freehold in new and planned villages but encompassed a more holistic approach to solving the people\u2019s land problems.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe have submitted our proposals to the NLC and they will decide at their meeting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHowever, it is important to note that we do not want to focus specifically on one particular area or group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cLand matters in Perak are faced by all and there are many inherent, long-running issues that need to be addressed,\u201d he said after opening the Beruas Umno division delegates\u2019 conference at Dewan Inderawati here yesterday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr Zambry said there were numerous areas where farmers had toiled on the land for decades but had yet to receive land grants or even temporary occupational licences (TOLs).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIn places like Kuala Sapeteng, there are people living in river reserves, which is not appropriate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIn these kinds of situations, TOLs cannot be issued and we have to think about relocation but I do not want to impose anything on the residents if it goes against their wishes and cause them further hardship,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr Zambry said<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> a more comprehensive approach was needed to solve the state\u2019s land woes, unlike the Pakatan Rakyat\u2019s style of introducing populist policies that would not benefit everyone in the long run<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt is my dream for each Perak family to have land or at least a home to call their own.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAnd I have always stressed that when it comes to land matters, there will be no discrimination amongst different groups or races. Everyone is equal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the move to allow houseowners in the state\u2019s 349 planned and 134 new villages to convert their leasehold titles to freehold at an 80% discount on the land premium, Dr Zambry said the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">response had been very poor<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Not many can afford it. There are those who can and those who cannot<\/span>. This is why I said there needs to be a better approach in handling the matter,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">State exco member Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon said only 2,401 houseowners in the 55,233 in new villages had applied for the conversion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In planned villages, only 463 houseowners out of the 73,730 had done so.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The current Perak government is proposing changes in order to solve land problems in Perak. Remember the issue of land titles for New Villages? Perak&#8217;s current MB mentioned that the populist by PR government did not get much response. Any comments? The Perak Government has submitted new proposals to the National Land Council (NLC) in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[148],"class_list":["post-5352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-borninmalaysia","tag-perak"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5352"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5354,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5352\/revisions\/5354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}