Connectivity

Sarawak advances digital inclusion through NADI centres and SMART600 towers, yet faces literacy and affordability gaps. Comparing global models from Asia, Europe, Africa, and Latin America reveals the need for human-centred strategies beyond infrastructure to ensure equitable transformation.

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.

Apart from tampering people’s memory from remembering how the actual event or story goes, misinformation and disinformation makes it harder for people to see the truth.

It was a far cry from Samarahan before the 1990s, where roads in villages as well as roads connecting villages were of earth roads, grass roads, plank roads or concrete slab roads. At that time, its people relied heavily on water transportation along its rivers via ferry, express boats or privately owned boats to travel, to deliver agricultural produce or to fish as part of their economic activities.