{"id":15796,"date":"2022-02-14T09:47:43","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T01:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rakansarawak.com\/v3\/?p=15796"},"modified":"2022-02-14T09:51:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T01:51:37","slug":"intelligence-alarms-boosts-efficiency-in-lmbb-royalty-collection-in-limbang-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rakansarawak.com\/v4\/2022\/02\/14\/intelligence-alarms-boosts-efficiency-in-lmbb-royalty-collection-in-limbang-part-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Intelligence ALaRMS Boosts Efficiency in LMBB Royalty Collection in Limbang (Part One)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A section of Limbang Town. File photo<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Royalty collection of licences to remove rock material (earth) (LMBB) is viewed as a vital source of revenue for the Sarawak Government, accounting for a total of around RM21.3 million collected from 430 licences between 2018 and 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Table 1: Licence to Remove Rock Material (Earth) Data For the Whole of Sarawak (Source: Department of Land and Survey Sarawak)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Department of Land and Survey Sarawak (JTS) is responsible in ensuring that these royalties are collected efficiently. This is in accordance with Section 32A of the Sarawak Land Code<\/a>, which states that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo person, whether or not he is the lawful proprietor or occupier of the land, may remove any rock material or any commodities manufactured therefrom on such land, except under and in accordance with a licence issued to him by the Superintendent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLicences issued… shall be subject to such terms and conditions as may be imposed including the payment of such royalties as the Minister may approve.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, studies on government development projects involving earth filling have found that unlicensed earth removal activities, neglected licence application and manipulation of earth quantity have led to inefficiency in the collection of royalties based on actual needs of the projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to records at JTS Limbang Division, only four earth licences were issued for government projects (other that Department of Public Works or JKR) in Limbang Division within three years with total royalty collection of merely RM128,132.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Members of KIK team Lands Tahai Q Hybrid Ta’rom. Photo courtesy of KIK Lands Tahai Q Hybrid Ta’rom <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, there is no matching earth licence for 163 government projects with earth filling components under the supervision of JKR Limbang Division in the same period, resulting in an estimated royalty loss amounting to RM365,307.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sample certification and verification of Licence to Remove Rock Material (Earth). Image taken from Intelligence ALaRMS User Manual, provided by KIK Lands Tahai Q Hybrid Ta’rom<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

For that, JTS Limbang Division through innovative creative circle (KIK) team Lands Tahai Q came up with the idea of an innovation project that aimed to tackle the low royalty collection of LMBB for government development projects that have been gaining momentum in Sarawak for the past several years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, as they recounted in an interview with RAKAN Sarawak<\/em><\/strong>, the team realised that they could not \u201cstand alone\u201d \u2013 if they wanted to overcome the problem before it even happened, they needed to collaborate with JKR, because most government projects in Limbang Division are under the purview of the public works agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to KIK team Lands Tahai Q Hybrid Ta’rom, royalty collection of LMBB has not been on par with the rapid progress of government development projects. Photo from Pixabay<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Thus, taking the \u201cprevention before it happens\u201d approach \u2013 to solve the problem at an early stage before any development project involving earth filling is handed over to the contractor \u2013 JTS and JKR Limbang Division under KIK hybrid team Lands Tahai Q Hybrid Ta\u2019rom embarked on a project collaboration that hoped to prevent the government from continuing to incur losses due to non-collectable LMBB royalties.<\/p>\n

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