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Malaysia tackles Sabah-Sarawak electricity problems

Unimas will undertake research and development to solve electricity supply problems to rural off-grid areas in Sabah and Sarawak.

According to Bernama, Malaysia’s Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Peter Chin Fah Kui said his ministry would allocate US$190,131 for the project.

"Currently, about three to five per cent of the rural areas in Sabah and Sarawak are still not getting electricity supply from the utility grid.The ministry supports Unimas efforts to carry out the R&D. This will help boost economic and social growth in the rural areas indirectly and would have a positive impact to raise local income," he said.

Chin added that his ministry would give Universiti Malaysia Sarawak or Unimas a US$7856 grant to enable its students interested in green technology to attend the International Green Tech and Eco Products Conference and Exhibition Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur from Oct 14-17, 2010.

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