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Source: New Straits Times Kuala Terengganu, Sat. -- The Land and Cooperative Development Ministry has decided to privatise the computerised land registration system (CLRS) which will be implemented in seven States, its secretary-general Datuk Professor Dr Nik Mohd Zain Nik Yusoff said today.He said approval had been given by the Economic Planning Unit and that discussions on its implementation were being conducted with the States. The cost of installing the CLRS in these States would be about RM140 million. He said the ministry had spent RM53.5 million on the pioneer system which had been carried out in four States - Perlis, Terengganu, Kedah and Pahang - and the Federal Territory. "We have provided the hardware and software costing about RM18 million to implement the CLRS in Terengganu, RM15 million in Kedah, RM16 million in Pahang, RM3 million in the Federal Territory and RM1.5 million in Perlis." He said this after a memorandum of understanding signing ceremony between the ministry and the State Land and Mines Department pertaining to the responsibilities of both parties under the CLRS programme. Nik Mohd Zain and the ministry's director-general, Datuk Wan Abdul Wahad Wan Hassan, signed the MoU on behalf of the ministry whereas State Secretary Datuk Baharuddin Ismail and director Datuk Saad Botok represented the State department. To a question as to when the CLRS would be fully on-line across the country, he said it would by 2002. On measures to improve the country's land management, he said another system known as the national land infrastructure system would be introduced as well. "Under NALIS, we will collect all information pertaining to land matters and link with all other government agencies involved in land issues. "We are now carrying out a pilot project with four agencies namely the Kuala Lumpur City Hall, the Assessment Department, the Survey Department and the Agriculture Department. "So far, the results we have received from the pilot programme are encouraging. We can use the data to plan the country's development more efficiently." Nik Mohd Zain also said that the Survey Department had enhanced its service by implementing the computer-assisted land survey system, the computer-assisted mapping system and the fast mapping system. "Through these systems, the department will provide faster and more efficient service to clients. "For instance, under FMS, maps can be updated frequently for military use. The military can get the latest version of maps and more accurate information on areas they plan to carry out their operation. "And the ministry has spent about RM25 million on the FMS programme alone." On land taxes, he said, Negri Sembilan Land and Mines Department had allowed payment to be made using credit cards whereas in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Kedah, Johor and Terengganu, landowners could pay their taxes at one-stop centres.
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