Malay reserve land accounts for 91.58pc of titled land in Kelantan, says MB

KOTA BHARU, Oct 29 — Malay Reserve Land in Kelantan covers 526,083.08 hectares as of June this year, accounting for 91.58 per cent of the total 574,427.61 hectares of titled land recorded in the state, said Menteri Besar Datuk Mohd Nassuruddin Daud.

He told the Kelantan State Assembly today that the figure involved 816,020 land titles.

He said Gua Musang recorded the largest area of Malay Reserve Land, at 122,735.54 hectares or 84.55 per cent of the total titled land in the district.

“For the other districts, Kota Bharu recorded 40,510.49 hectares (99.97 per cent), Pasir Mas 56,656.79 hectares (99.98 per cent), Kuala Krai 53,473.85 hectares (68.73 per cent) and Tumpat 21,607.96 hectares (99.99 per cent).

“Bachok recorded 26,541.25 hectares (99.98 per cent), Tanah Merah 56,246.13 hectares (99.98 per cent), Pasir Puteh 43,377.81 hectares (99.99 per cent), Machang 28,376.83 hectares (96.18 per cent), Jeli 37,240.60 hectares (99.93 per cent) and Lojing 39,315.82 hectares (98.99 per cent),” he said in reply to a question from Datuk Mohd Shabuddin Hashim (BN-Galas).

Mohd Nassuruddin said the state government had always given attention to efforts to maintain the area and status of Malay Reserve Land to ensure that the interests of land ownership among the Malays continued to be protected.

He said all development matters involving Malay Reserve Land must comply with relevant legal provisions, including the Kelantan Malay Reservation Enactment 1930.

“Any development matters involving Malay Reserve Land must comply with the relevant laws to ensure that the development carried out does not result in the erosion of Malay land ownership,” he said. — Bernama