Sabah on track to clear land title backlog by next year

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Land and Survey Department will try to settle outstanding land grant applications by next year, the state assembly heard.

Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister Datuk Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan (pic) said that since 2015, the department managed to gradually reduce the outstanding applications by over 86% – from 280,695 cases to 37,857 as of Oct 31.