Bukit Semuja had received 1,706 Native Customary Rights land titles by September 30, an October 14 reply in Sarawak's assembly reported. The figure is a cumulative total, not a single handover held today. DayakDaily reported that 1,255 titles covering 741 hectares came under the second phase of the New Initiative NCR Land Measurement Programme. Another 451 titles, covering 21 hectares, were issued through the Traditional Village Measurement Programme. Of the first group, 312 titles involved two areas documented by the Dayak Bidayuh National Association, covering 528 hectares. Community documentation must still be verified and validated by the Land and Survey Department before gazettement and title issuance can be confirmed. The reply also recorded 9,653 hectares of perimeter surveys and 2,282 hectares of individual-lot surveys involving 3,069 lots in Bukit Semuja as of September 30. These are different stages of the process: a surveyed area or a recorded lot should not be read as an issued individual title. The department is to hold dialogue sessions with claimants to explain survey guidelines and responsibilities. The report gave no completion timetable for the remaining individual-lot surveys or titles.