LAND AND SURVEY DEPARTMENT

PROFILE OF DEPARTMENT

Land and Survey Department

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CONTACT US :- Menara Pelita, Jln Tun Abd Rahman Ya'akub,

Petra Jaya, 93050 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.

Tel:+6082-444111 Fax:+6082-449115

http://www.landsurvey@sarawaknet.gov.my

We An Agency to

Facilitate Development

Sabtu, 05 Julai 2008

CORPORATE PROFILE

Land Legislation History

Organisation Structure

Directorate Organisation

VISION STATEMENT :

To be An Excellent Land Administration and Land Management Organization

MISSION STATEMENT :

" To Administer and Manage Land To The Best Advantage To The State and People With Professionalism and Integrity In Tandem With The Aspiration Of The State"

SLOGAN :

An Agency to Facilitate Development

GOALS & OBJECTIVES :

1. General

To provide professional advice and services on land administration, valuation, planning and survey matters to internal and external clients and the Government.
To provide efficient and effective service delivery.
To promote public awareness on Government policies relating to land.
To regulate and enforce the provisions of the Land Code and other laws related to land.

2. Land

To administer and manage land efficiently and effectively.

3. Valuation

To manage land acquisition in accordance with the Government development programs.

4. Planning

To plan and regulate the use of land in accordance with Town and Country Planning Principles.

5. Survey

To maintain and manage reliable geospatial data to support efficient land administration.

6. Human Resource

To plan, develop and manage the human resource to achieve the vision and mission of the Department.

7. Information System

To maintain and continuously develop towards a comprehensive, reliable and integrated land information system.

8. Finance

To have a realistic operating expenditure estimates and manage them with prudence, integrity and accountability.
To assess accurately and collect promptly all land based revenue due to the Government.

FUNCTIONS :

Under the terms of the Inter-Governmental Committee Report and the Constitution of Malaysia, land and cadastral surveys are State subjects which come under the portfolio of the Minister of Resource and Planning Management.
Subject to the direction of the Yang di-Pertua Negeri dalam Majlis, land in Sarawak is administered in accordance with the provisions of the Mining Ordinance and the subdivision of land is administered in accordance with the Land (Control of Subdivision) Ordinance, the Public Parks and Greens Ordinance, 1993 and the Strata Titles Ordinance.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES :

Topographical surveys;

Cadastral surveys;

Mining surveys;

Aerial photography and mapping;

Urban and regional planning and design;

Control of development;

Control of subdivision of land;

Implementation of urban development projects, including the development of urban centres, urban roads and Resettlement Schemes;

Alienation of State land;

Administration of alienated land, including enforcement;

Investigation and registration of rights to land;

Registration of dealings affecting land;

Issue of prospecting licences and mining leases;

Valuation of land;

Acquisition of land for development purposes;

Revision of land rent;

The computerisation of land information; and

In-house manpower training.

LAND POLICY IN SARAWAK :

Land policy in Sarawak in general terms :

"To ensure that land is to be alienated and administered to the best advantage and to generate economic benefits to the State and its inhabitants, having due regard to planned development and to the future land requirements of a growing population in accordance with the concept of the politics of development."

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