TELUK INTAN, Dec 6 – Some 11,600 hectares of land in Perak have so far been gazetted for Orang Asli settlements including for agriculture, proving that the state government has been proactive in carrying out development for this community.
Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said besides that, the Barisan Nasional state government was also committed to solving their basic problems by going to the ground to meet them.
“Perak has 250 Orang Asli villages and an additional 15,000 hectares of land will be gazetted for the Orang Asli,” he said after opening the “Semarak Kasih Bersama Masyarakat Orang Asli” programme at the Redang Penggor Orang Asli village, here, today.
Zambry said the state government had allocated RM1.5 million in this year’s budget for the development of the Orang Asli community and the amount would be increased in the 2013 budget to be announced at the state assembly sitting soon.
At the function, Zambry also handed over residential land titles to 160 Orang Asli from Kampung Palawan, located in the Teluk Intan parliamentary constituency.
Earlier, he performed the ground-breaking for the 10-storey low-cost flats comprising 150 units.
The RM17.9 million project carried out by the state government with the cooperation of the federal government, in Jalan Laksmana, here, is expected to be ready in July 2014.
He said the units were for low-income earners and the hardcore poor, especially squatters. – Bernama
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