| Abstract | Lana reform is the policy to redistribute land to poor segments of the population. The approach in Malaysia is to open-up public or private land that bad been unused so far, and to establish new settlements. Various agencies and private enterprises have been involved in this land development programme which focusses on primary production. The policies and strategies for implementation of land
settlements differ from one location to another.
This research explored three different areas : one area consisting of two village, with potential labourers and two areas which are parts of
land development schemes managed by private entrepreneurs. The two and
development schemes or estates are 'LAOANG RAKYAT' and 'LADANG KETNGAH
PERWIRA' . They are located in the Central Trenggdnu Development Area.
This research explores the causes labour turn-over, the prevalent conditions that caused dissatisfaction, the perception of labourers towards new settlements, and guidelines for future labour recruitment.
The analysis revealed that t he common cause for laoour turn-over was a combination of poor and flexible estate management, lack of transport
facilities and imposition of discipline. To ugh work also was round to be a major reason for labour turn-over. Generally , the labourers felt that the provision of an infrastructure network, of basic amenities and social
services had fulfilled their basic needs and h ad created satisfactory living conditions in newly centralized townships.
The statistical test results and the ootained weights positively
indicated that the criteria for recruitment of future labourers should comprise of landlessness, good health and physical fitness, married status, parenthood with one child, adult age of 26 to 33 years, good character, devotion , honesty and patience, membership of community
groups such as urban squatters , fishermen , trishaw-pullers or
ex-military servicemen and , last but not least, agricultural background and related experience . |