Villagers told to use vacant land for profit-making ventures

October 7, 2015

Abdul Karim (centre) presents a dividend payment mock cheque to Alik, as others look on.

Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah stressing
a point in his speech

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Land owners in the state are advised to turn their vacant lands into profit-making ventures such as plantations or participate in government projects as beneficiaries.

Assistant Minister of Housing Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said land owners must value their land and refrain from making quick gain by selling it.

“Villagers in sub-urban and rural areas must hold on to their land or else there is nothing left for them in future,” he said at the meet-the- people session at Kampung Empila, some 30km from here, yesterday.

Some of the attendees

He said the state government had in the past granted land to villagers hoping it (land) would be used as a profit-making platform.

However, as the years went by, the land, he said, were sold off to people outside the village causing most of them (land) to be left vacant and undeveloped.

“They are what I call ‘absentee land owners’ as they are not from the village and are living in other places such as Kuching or Sibu,” said Abd Karim, who is also Asajaya assemblyman.

Proposed new village in Sibu to have about 860 lots

November 13, 2014

AN estimated 860 housing lots will be provided in the proposed village Silviculture Batu 11, Oya Road in Sibu.

However, Assistant Minister of Housing Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said the project is still at an early planning stage and the criteria to select applicants for the lots has yet to be decided.

“But priorities will be given to Kampung Datu villagers depending on guidelines that we will frame it later on,” he said in responding to questions raised by Annuar Rapaee (BN-Nangka).

860 lot rumah akan disediakan di Silviculture Batu 11 Jln Oya

November 13, 2014

KUCHING: Dianggarkan 860 lot rumah akan disediakan di Silviculture Batu 11 Jalan Oya Sibu, kata Menteri Muda Perumahan Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah.

Bagaimanapun, jelas beliau memandangkan projek tersebut masih dalam peringkat perancangan awal, kriteria khusus untuk pemilihan penduduk yang akan mendapat lot di kawasan itu belum diputus-kan lagi.

“Namun, keutamaan akan diberi kepada penduduk Kampung Datu dan juga keluarga tambahan tertakluk kepada garis panduan yang akan kami rangka nanti,” katanya pada Persidangan Dewan Undangan Negeri di sini, semalam.

Beliau menyatakan demikian bagi menjawab soalan daripada Dr Annuar Rapa’ee (BN-Nangka) mengenai bila perkampungan moden yang akan diwujudkan di Silviculture Batu 11 Jalan Oya Sibu akan mula dibina serta kriteria pemilihan untuk penduduk mendapat lot.

Terdahulu, Karim yang juga ADUN Asajaya menjelaskan bahawa pihak LCDA sedang menyediakan pelan susun atur untuk dikemukakan kepada Majlis Perancangan Negeri untuk kelulusan.

Tambah beliau, projek tersebut akan mula dilaksanakan dalam RMK-11 (2016-2020) iaitu tertakluk kepada peruntukan yang diluluskan.

Sementara berhubung status Rumah Mesra Rakyat (RMR) di daerah Mukah dan daerah kecil Balingian, Karim berkata sebanyak 75 unit RMR telah siap dibina di daerah Mukah iaitu 27 unit di Skim Pembesaran Kampung Petanak dan 48 unit di Skim Pembesaran Kampung Nelayan.