1 LAND LAW AND PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE: Land Development Issues & Latest Initiatives Undertaken by JKPTG to Improve Service Delivery System of Land Administration Mohd Shukri Ismail Research and Development Section, Department of the Director General of Lands and Mines Federal Malaysia mohdshukri@kptg.gov.my . Anesh Ganason Research and Development Section, Department of the Director General of Lands and Mines Federal Malaysia anesh@kptg.gov.my . Keywords- Malaysia’s land policy, land administration functions, land administration and land development issues; improvements of service delivery, the way ahead, a good land administration system. . I. INTRODUCTION The framework of the Malaysian Constitution provides enormous power to the State Authority in respect of land matters. The Federal Constitution provides an avenue where land policies can be discussed and agreed upon with the consultation of State Governments in the promotion and control of the utilization of land throughout the country for mining, agriculture, forestry or any other purpose such has policies on squatters, land speculation and use of land for industries through the National Land Council. The policies that are agreed upon are in line with the aspirations of the Government in establishing the idea of providing a complete development plan for:– i. The social and economic direction in which the country is to move; ii. The physical perspective of the country within which implications of day to day decision can be considered; and iii. A control mechanism for the public sector, through the allocation of finances to implement its programme. Taking these aspects into considerations, Malaysia’s land policy comprises of legislative instruments, statutory organizations and statutory controls. Some of these instruments includes the National Land Code 1965; The National Land Code (Penang and Malacca Titles) Act 1963; The Strata Titles Act 1985; The Malay Reservations Enactments; The Town and Country Planning Act 1976; The Local Government Act 1976; The Land Acquisition Act 1960; The Environmental Quality Act 1974; The State Land Rules; and etc. Malaysia being a multiethnic society provides a special concern when policies are drafted. The needs and the rights of each society have to be taken into consideration without diminishing the special rights of the Bumiputeras. The move from an agrarian economy to a rapid industrialized based economy needs the establishment of dynamic policies within the land administration. The National Land Code 1965 has incorporated some of these policies and land planning systems to rectify physical, economic, social and spatial imbalance. Among the land policies which were incorporated in the National Land Code to address these elements were:–  Equitability and protection of property rights;  Protection of traditional values with integration between cultural values and economic realities;