KOTA KINABALU: State Rural Development Ministry will be introducing new poverty-eradication programmes and strengthening existing ones, says minister Datuk Ewon Benedick (pic).
He said that the programmes included a housing programme for the hardcore poor and poor (Program Rumah Sejahtera Rakyat), electricity supply to remote areas not covered by the federal rural electricity supply programme (Program Bekalan Elektrik Luar Bandar Alternatif) and a clean water supply to remote villages not covered by federal rural water supply programme or Sabah Water Department water reticulation system (Program Bekalan Air Luar Bandar Alternatif).
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