Tag: Development

Bamboo offers immense economic potential for Sarawak, providing a renewable resource for sustainable green industries and rural development. Local cultivation initiatives, such as the Sabal bamboo pilot project, demonstrate strong survival rates and high-yield adaptability across native and commercial species. Expanding this sector can significantly boost local manufacturing, create green jobs, and increase export revenues for the region. Strategic investments in modern processing facilities will help transform raw culms into high-value commercial goods.

ILMU cut foreign worker processing from 80 to 43 days, beating the 61-day benchmark by 18 days.

Sarawak Budget 2027 focuses on social development by helping families with daily costs. It provides cash aid, electricity and water subsidies, free tertiary education, welfare support and better rural water and power supply for ordinary people.

Sarawak is making big strides to supply clean water to everyone. The government funded over 400 projects to connect remote areas and replace old pipes. This ensures reliable clean water access daily while reducing major water loss across the state.

Sarawak’s 2027 Budget, tabled on 12 October 2026, plans record revenue of RM15.091 billion and a RM246 million surplus. It sets development spending at RM10.098 billion to improve infrastructure, human capital and new industries while shielding households from cost pressures.

Concrete drains and pathways are being built outside wooden homes in Kpg Hilir Spaoh under the Rural Transformation Project. This basic infrastructure brings safer daily travel and real hope to residents, showing that even remote villages are not forgotten.