Tag: Development

Through major infrastructure projects under IRSDA, DID Sarawak as the implementing agency is on a mission to control Sebuyau District’s susceptibility to coastal floods and erosion, in hopes of ensuring the area’s economic and social prosperity.

Communication is critical in any development process. Beyond its role as an empowerment tool, communication is used to promote people’s participation in development activities.

The basic idea is that mass media and mass communication stimulate and diffuse values and institutions that are favourable to achievement, mobility, innovation and consumption.

An update on diverse development projects that are to take place in Betong Division under Betong Division Development Agency (BDDA).

This article focuses on the initiatives and projects by the Ministry for Infrastructure and Port Development (MIPD) mentioned during the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly (DUN) in November 2022 to provide connectivity in Sarawak through the development of infrastructure.

As of 2022: • 97.9% of Rural Households in Sarawak have access to 24-hour electricity supply • Over 25,000 households at previously unelectrified areas have been provided access to electricity supply for the past 3 years • Since rural electrification began in 2009, more than 150,000 families in rural villages enjoy reliable and affordable electricity. Many are powered by SARES that gives electricity supply at no cost, although consumption is limited.