NGO: Provide solar power for all rural folk

By Stephen Then

A solar-powered electricity generator system installed by Sarawak Energy Bhd in Lio Mato in interior northern Sarawak.

MIRI: All one million natives living in rural Sarawak must be given free solar-powered generator sets that can provide 24-hour electricity supply, says a native rights group.

Society for Rights of Indigenous People of Sarawak (Scrips) said every rural household should be given solar-powered sets that can generate clean and uninterrupted electricity supply.

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