PUTRAJAYA: There will be no more “under the table” dealings involving land, says the Water, Land and Natural Resources Ministry in vowing to keep everything transparent.
Minister Dr Xavier Jayakumar said they were doing an audit on all federal land that has been given out over the past 20 years.“We are also reviewing some contracts that were given out. We have set up a task force so that if there are issues, we can report it to the Cabinet,” he said in an interview.
“Malaysia was the largest tin mining country in the world. We stopped mining about 35 years ago, with the main reason being the price was not attractive enough. The ministry is also embarking on new projects, namely the mapping of underground water in Malaysia and setting up of a SOP to combat forest and peat fires.
It had also constructed 35 tubular wells in water stress areas, activated 25 underground wells in nine locations nationwide to prevent peat fires and declared the Jerai and Lembah Kinta as geoparks.
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