Jamaica and South Korea on Tuesday launched a multimillion-dollar programme they expect will improve land administration, allowing Jamaicans to more quickly acquire titles for the land on which they live and work.

The $1.42-billion programme is being implemented against the background that the plots of land registered and titled across Jamaica total about 55 per cent, Robert Montague, the minister of land titling and settlements, told the launch event at the Office of the Prime Minister in St Andrew.

“You should all have your names entered in the titles book. If you do that, prosperity will run from Morant Point to Negril Point,” Montague said.