Sabah’s ripe for progress

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COME Sept 26, Sabah will elect a new state government. Going by the stories about the Land Below the Wind told during the ongoing campaign period, it is perplexing that the state is still struggling to bring progress to its people. From what I’ve seen on TV, parts of Sabah are still without the basics of clean water, electricity and decent roads. Many of the schools in rural Sabah are dilapidated enough that one wonders how education can be effectively delivered to the young. We all know education is the most powerful tool to lift communities out of poverty.

In this new era of digitalisation, where the Internet has become another basic need, Sabah has another struggle on its hands. Internet penetration in the state is still woefully low. Remember the video of a student climbing a tree to ensure she could get a good Internet signal to sit for an online college exam?