Another drought-stricken village in Borneo sends SOS


KUCHING: A remote drought-stricken village in Daro district in Mukah division in Borneo has sent out an SOS for drinking water, the latest among a number of villages in northern Sarawak hit by the recent dry spell.

Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr George Chan Hong Nam said the village had asked for 700 boxes of bottled drinking water.

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