I totally agree with Raja Nazrin Shah that the delivery systems in government departments need to be continuously improved to attract investment and help eradicate corruption in public administration.

However, land transactions still get delayed at the land offices due to red tape and graft. These two seem work hand in hand. They need the red tape in order to earn some pocket money. This is a disease which is fast permeating the very core of our land administration and transactions.

This has a tremendous effect on our economy. Land transactions now can only be completed after six weeks, provided there are no hiccups. Four to five weeks for the adjudication and another week for registration.

If land transactions can be done in a shorter period, imagine how this could benefit our economy as a whole. In Australia, conveyancers can get things done in just a few days or maybe even less.

Raja Nazrin also mentioned that 'while performing the role of 'regulators' for government policies, public administrators should also act as 'facilitators' to augment the country's development to ensure that development does not create hardship for the rakyat in the long run'. Well, in Bolehland, things can only be facilitated with kickbacks. Even the slightest doubt raised by the land office's own ignorance of the law and procedure will cause one's file to be delayed without a valid reason.

For example, my client's file was stuck at a land office because the land office interpreted the Land Code differently. This is so even after I had given them the relevant sections in the Land Code in both Bahasa Malaysia and English which stated otherwise.

On top of that, I even provided them with copies of their own manual for land administration which clearly explained the relevant sections of the Land Code. Yet, they had the gall to say that I was wrong!

The matter was then submitted to the state legal advisor in August last year as the land administrators concerned refused to act on the matter. Until today, we have not received any reply from the legal advisor. My client's housing project is stuck and he is losing money every day. So much for not causing the 'rakyat' hardship.

It is proposed that the government enlist the help of senior conveyancing lawyers (who are more than willing to help) and retired land administrators (circa 1970s) to conduct training or even overhaul the current system.

Once land transactions and administration are expedited, we can be rest assured that our economy shall improve. But please press the panic button now for a better tomorrow.