Tag: Sarawak

Sarawak aims for RM282 billion GDP by 2030, but Bumiputera, 72% of the population, own only 5% of businesses, mostly micro-enterprises lacking capital and access to AI and green sectors. This stark disparity demands urgent accountability for truly inclusive, equitable growth.

The Sarawak Padi and Rice Board Bill 2026 establishes a statutory body to tackle Sarawak's 21% rice self-sufficiency, aiming for 60% by 2030 through modernisation, private partnerships, and institutional coordination amid global food supply vulnerabilities.

In Sarawak, where 79% of suicides are men, masking pain behind a smile is a deadly norm. RSDM's Third Spaces, ALEC model, peer support, and creative expression transform vulnerability into healing, offering practical coping tools and authentic human connection

Sarawak’s mental health crisis, as surging helpline calls, high suicide rates among young men, and 35.8% prevalence, imperils the PCDS 2030 vision. Depression erodes productivity, unity, and environmental stewardship, demanding urgent community-rooted mental health investment now to avert severe economic and social collapse.

Sarawak's ambitious agribusiness transformation under PCDS 2030 has delivered measurable economic gains, with the sector contributing RM15.1 billion to state GDP in 2024 and employing 247,400 people, yet persistent governance gaps in contract farming, NCR land tenure, and institutional fragmentation threaten to confine progress to isolated pockets rather than achieve broad-based rural prosperity.

The Bumiputera Economic Congress 2024 resolutions for Sarawak set measurable targets, including listings and enterprise upgrades, backed by collaborative implementation, TERAJU financing, and strategic communication. Execution demands political will to ensure inclusive, transformative, and sustainable economic participation for all Sarawakians.