100% electricity coverage by 2022

KUCHING: Sarawak is expected to achieve 100 percent coverage for electricity supply by the year 2022, three years earlier than targeted. Utilities Minister Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom said this was sooner than the ministry’s target to achieve full electricity supply coverage by 2025. “The target could be achieved sooner if it had not […]

State government to revive 23 delayed RES projects

KUCHING: Sarawak Utilities Ministry has stepped in to revive all 23 Rural Electrification Scheme (RES) projects located mainly in the northern region of the state which are significantly behind schedule. Its minister, Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom yesterday said that this move was part of the Sarawak government’s efforts to fulfill its commitment of […]