pix 7: Useful kit: Rain water is harvested by the residents using alarge water tank.
KUCHING: More research and development (R&D) efforts should be made towards coming up with solutions for the challenges faced by the underprivileged, says Science, Technology and Innovation Mi- nister Datuk Wilfred Madius Tangau.
He said the world’s “bottom billion” – the 1.4 billion people earning less than US$1.25 (RM4.85) a day – were marginalised from socio-economic progress and lacked access to education, affordable healthcare, water and electricity.
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