7,000 more in northern Sarawak remote communities get free solar-powered electricity

Sarawak Public Utilities Minister Datuk Dr Stephen Rundi Utom (3rd from left) handing over solar power certification to villagers in Lio Mato in remote northern Sarawak. -Ministry pic

MIRI: Some 7,000 people living in nine villages in the deep remote parts of northern Sarawak have been given solar-powered electricity sets that will provide them with free 24-hour power supply.

The project is facilitated by Sarawak Energy Bhd (SEB) under its Sarawak Alternative Rural Electrification Scheme (SARES).