Datum experts urged to support geodesy efforts

New Straits Times | September 12, 2001 | Copyright

New Straits Times
09-12-2001
Datum experts urged to support geodesy efforts
Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2*
Section: National

PENANG, Tues. - Datum experts in the region were today urged to support and help ensure that Malaysia is not left out of developments in the study of the science of the earth.

In making the call, Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon said without such support, Malaysia would be left out of regional datum development and matters related to cadastre - the public registration of land for fiscal purposes, and land administration - among Asia Pacific countries.
"These issues ...

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