Masing Introduces Another New Land Development Concept To Cheat Iban of their NCR Lands

Kuching
Saturday, 8th October 2011

After failure miserably with the "New Land Development Concept or Konsep Gaya Baru" Masing has came up with a new concept to develop the NCR Land. Being the owner of the NCR land that had been cheated of my lands I am advising Masing to do not gamble our land..our most precious assets!

As reports in most of the local newspaper today, the Land Development Ministry is considering four alter-native models to ensure a productive development of native customary rights (NCR) land.

The four models are leasing, profit-sharing and nucleus out-growers (private sector driven), and management and profit-sharing (government-led).

The four models were recommended by the Government Transformation Programme (GTP) Sabah-Sarawak Lab held last year.

Minister Tan Sri Dr James Masing said the alternative models were being considered because response from landowners under the new concept of NCR development introduced in 1994 had been luke- warm.

Masing said " After more than 10 years of implementing the concept, it has brought unsatisfactory result.So we are considering the alternative models because we want it to benefit all the stakeholders in the land development. The ministry is serious in eradicating rural poverty and this can only be done if the land is productive.

Under the new concept, a joint venture to develop NCR land is formed between the private sector as investor owning 60% of the share, the landowners who own 30% and the managing agent representing the government and the rights of the participating landowners who holds 10% for a 60 years period.

However, as of April 30 this year, only 55,988 hectares of land had been developed into oil palm plantation under the concept by 38 joint companies.

The lukewarm response was due to the low dividend paid out to the participating landowners and not on time too due to the high gearing involved as the investor had to source for the necessary fund to develop the project without any public fund.

Masing said besides oil palm, rubber would also be seriously considered as an alternative crop to be planted.

“This is because rubber is more prominent now because it is a high price commodity now,” he added.

Masing might get the wrong information. The failure of the New Concept lies on following reasons :-
(1) 60 years period is considered as too long for the JV.
(2) Unfairly JV distribution wheras the land owners only own 30%
(3) The JV has never bring any profits therefore had failed to eradicate poverty among land owners
(4) The land owner has no say in term of administration and business decision of the JV
(5) Anything gone wrong with the project, the owner of the NCR lands will lose their lands.
To Masing, please keep your mouth shut if it is only meant to destroy the dayak and to rob us of our NCR  Lands.
Bukittunggal.Com

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NCR Land Owners Warn Pelita and Kim Loong To Return their NCR Lands or Else

Kuching
Sunday, 21st November 2010

Note: Bukit Tunggal is  at the background of the photo.... 

On 3rd September 2004 the land owners from several longhouses namely Munggu Ubah, Tekuyong, Empaling,Isu and Gayau were misled by the BN representatives for Bukit Bengunan and Sri Aman to sign the JV for oil palm plantation with Pelita and Tetangga Akrab Sendirian Berhad.

Today after of  more than six years the JV had been signed, the land owners were only  been paid with the advance bonus for less than RM 1000 per hectare. This is equivalent to less than RM 170 per hectare per year.

Today as I went back to kampong Empaling, one of the longhouse that participates in the JV, almost all the land owners indicated that they were not happy with the JV.

One of the land owner John Ade (photo left)  told Bukittunggal that if he did not participate with the JV, with rubber current price he believed that his 1.3 hectares  rubber plantation could produce more than RM 1000 per month, meaning that he had lost about RM 72000 in six years.
But he is not the only NCR land owner that losing substantial income as a result of the JV. Bukittunggal family also losing more than RM1K per month as a result of the JV. 

But where are the BN YBs that had persuaded and influenced  them to sign the JV? They cannot just simply wash their hands. 

Other than losing substantial income from their small rubber estates the JV also split the longhouses. The land dispute amongst member of the family is something normal nowadays especially the lands that involved in the JV.

Most of the NCR land owners felt betrayed by the BN representatives. There was a talk amongst the land owners that they intended to  withdraw from the JV if by the end of this year that they still do not get a reasonable dividend from Kim Loong. Some of them even informed  Bukittunggal that they will take their lands by illegal means such as sit in or through proper legal process if they still do not pay with dividend at the end of the year.

To the BN's YBs,  they must be responsible with what they had started. Their job should not be accomplished  after receiving their "kang-tow" from the developer. And if they are not willing to take responsibilities on what they had done, the land owners through their  voting rights must show these BN Representatives the way out by VOTING THEM OUT in the coming state election.

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James Masing Blames Taib Mahmud For Failure of Konsep Baru NCR Land Development Concept that he Introduced about 20 years ago

KUCHING
Friday,2nd April 2010

James Jemut Masing one of Iban Leaders that Came forward to blame Taib Mahmud for the Failure of the Konsep Baru NCR Land Development Concept that he Introduced about 20 years ago..Bravo Masing!

First of all I would like to wish all of my christian visitors a happy Good Friday, and for those who is sacrifice from eating I Wish them a happy fasting.

According to christian belief, today about 2000 years ago lord Jesus Christ was crucified for the forgiven of  human sins. Similarly, on this Good Friday I would like to thank Dr James Jemut Masing for Emulate Lord Jesus Christ sacrifices by  condemning his boss Taib Mahmud for the failure of Konsep Baru NCR Land development which he introduced about 20 years ago to rob the natives of their NCR lands .

According to James Jemut Masing as qouted by Borneo Post this morning edition, Konsep Baru NCR land Development is a failure because it cannot make much profit to the land owners as compared to SALCRA and FELDA, because most of its incomes are used to pay the bank loan, with higher interest rates.

Jemut also said that the government is making an effort to study and then implement the new concept of NCR land development.

Land Owners May Withdraw From the JV

With government recognitions that the Konsep Baru of the NCR Land Development introduced by Taib Mahmud as a failure, all the land owners that had participate in the JV can now withdrawing their participations. But the problem is most of the land owners do not know how and where to withdraw from the JV.

Pakatan Rakyat(PR) and the dayak NGO like SDNU, SADIA, SDGA etc. should take this opportunity to get more support from the dayak voters by helping them to withdraw from the JV.

To all the land owners in Empaling, Ubah, Isu, sapak, Keranggas, Kanowit and many more, if you dont want to permanently lose your NCR lands, you must withdraw now. Contact your local PR and NGO offices for their assistances.

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NCR Land Owners At Risk of Losing Their Lands

More than 700 NCR land owners in upper Pantu are at risk losing their lands to another Peninsular company if Tetangga Akrab Pelita (Pantu) Sdn Bhd agreement to sell its  60% stakes JV to Kim Loong Resources Bhd materialise.

As reported in Oil Palm Hq yesterday, KIM LOONG RESOURCES BHD [] (KLRB), via its subsidiary Kim Loong Corp Sdn Bhd, has entered into a sale and purchase agreement to acquire a 60% equity stake in loss-making PLANTATION [] company Tetangga Akrab Pelita (Pantu) Sdn Bhd from Tetangga Akrab Sdn Bhd for RM25 million cash. As of Oct 31, Kim Loong has made advance payments totalling RM11.43 million for the acquisition.

Tetangga Akrab Pelita

Pelita Holdings Sdn Bhd and NCR Landowners currently holds the remaining 10 % and 30% stake respectively  in Tetangga Akrab.Despite the strong crude palm oil prices, Tetangga Akrab Pelita had been in the red for the past three financial years ended June 30, with 2007, 2008 and 2009 losses amounting to RM119,000, RM1.32 million and RM2.6 million, respectively. The company attributed the losses to its young immature plantations.

The Sarawak-based Tetangga Akrab has planned to develop some 10,471ha of land held under Native Customary Rights in Sg Tenggang and Bukit Bengunan in Sri Aman into oil palm plantations.

The estimated plantable areas are 6,283ha.

Two BN Politicians ..Where Are They?

The JV between  Pelita Holdings Sdn Bhd and the NCR Landowners from Empaling,Ubah, Tekuyong, Isu and the other longhouses located at upper Pantu was initiated by the BN MP and Assemblyman for P202 and N25. So far the NCR land owners have been kept in the dark about the performance of the company for fiscal year 2007, 2008 and 2009.

YB Snowdan Lawan the Assemblyman for N25 and YB Masir Kujat the MP for P202 must not leave the landowners by themselves. And if the JV is proven unsuccessfully they must help the landowners to withdraw from the JV.

What is Konsep Baru’ of the NCR land development by BN Government

The ‘Konsep Baru’, or literally translated as ‘New Concept’ of  NCR land development scheme was introduced by BN Sarawak in 1995. The processed was passed in the Dewan Undangan Negeri  Sarawak (State Legislative Assembly) in November 1997.
In the new concept, the government agency will hold in trust the interests of the NCR landowners. The trustee will form a Joint Venture Company (JVC) with a well established private sector company approved by the Government. Land title will be issued to the JVC for a period of sixty (60) years (2 plantation cycles) for an agreed value. The monetary value generated by the use of the land will be used for two types of investments:
(a) as 30% equity in the JVC (long term investment), and
(b) as cash for investment in Unit Trusts (investment with fast return).
 

The land over which the perimeter survey is completed and issued with ONE LAND TITLE in the name of the company will be gazetted as a Development Area (DA) in accordance with sub-section 11 of the LCDA Ordinance 1981.

Managing Agent For Landowners

The State Government will appoint a Government Agency such as PELITA as Trustee to manage the interests of the landowners and to act on their behalf. The NCR landowners must jointly agree to authorize the said appointed Government agency to be their sole trustee to undertake and develop for them the said land and to collect and receive on their behalf the benefits derived from the development of the said land. A Deed to this effect will have to be signed by every NCR landowner.

Consideration for the Use Of Land

As a consideration for the use of their NCR land, the JVC will pay RM1,200.00 per hectare in the following manner:

(a) The JVC will issue to the Trustee, to be held in trust for the NCR landowners, shares in the JVC credited as fully paid, equivalent to 60% of the value of the said land and representing 30% of  the issued and paid up capital of the JVC;
(b) The balance equivalent to 40% of the value of the said land shall be paid as up-front payment by the JVC to the Government agency as Trustee for the landowners. The Trustee will then invest for and on behalf of the NCR landowners a portion of the up-front payment equivalent to 30% of the value of the said land in any Government Unit Trusts and the remaining sum not exceeding 10% of the value of the said land to be paid in cash to NCR landowners;
(c) The number of shares in the company which each of the NCR landowners shall be entitled to, will be in proportion to their respective interests in the said land; and
(d) The private sector will have 60% of the issued capital of the company and will pay cash for these shares. The Trustee will have 10% of the issued capital and will also pay cash for these shares.

Equity Structure Of JVC

The JVC equity structure will be as follows (%)

(a) Investor- 60
(b) Landowners -30
(c) Trustee (Management Agent) 10

The private sector and trustee will pay cash for their shares. The landowners’ equity in the JVC will be paid through the land value.

Rights to Land After Expiry Of Terms of 60 Years

Upon expiry of the term of the title, the NCR landowners shall decide to EITHER renew the title for the land for the JVC OR request for the land to be alienated to themselves or to another company or entity nominated in writing by them, as they think fit.
In the event that the NCR landowners are desirous to have the land sub-divided and alienated to them individually, the Trustee is empowered to undertake a survey of the land and determine the most equitable and fair manner of sub-division of the said land having regard to the extent of each of the NCR landowners’ interest in the said land.

What Options Do The The Landowners From Empaling, Ubah, Tekuyong , Isu Have In Order  to Get Back all of Our NCR Lands

By looking at the performance of Tetangga Akrab for financial year 2007, 2008 and 2009, the NCR landowners are at risk of being losing their NCR lands, the land that they enherited from their forefathers. The only way for them to get back their lands is by withdrawing from JV.
Land is our life and blood. If we fail to get back our land from PELITA (who is responsible or acts as an agent to rob our lands) through a peaceful process..god knows what we are suppose to do....

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