22nd May, 2012
BELURAN: Deputy Minister of Education II, Dr Haji Mohd Puad Zarkashi said the Barisan Nasional (BN) government has allocatedRM700.1 million for the provision of solar hybrids for 179 schools in Sabah to ensure that the schools will receive a 24-hour electricity supply.He said the first phase, the government allocated RM300.1 million to carry out the solar hybrid project in 78 schools in the state which has been completed.“Phase two of the project will involve RM400 million which will go to 101 schools, he said to reporters after officiating the Annual Beluran District Umno Branches Group Conference at the Beluran Town Multipurpose Hall here, yesterday.He added that in phase two, 64 of the completed projects have been handed over to the ministry while18 have been completed but have yet to be handed over and 19 more have yet to be started.Mohd Puad noted that the second phase will also be implemented in 13 schools in Beluran, three in Ranau, and one in Kota Belud and another in Sipitang.“In Sarawak, the government has provided RM 1.1 billion for the 24-hour supply of electricity in 368 schools through the usage of gensets,” he said, adding that in Peninsular Malaysia, the project involved 44 schools at the cost of RM98 million.“The project implementation in the Peninsula is carried out by Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) where 19 projects used solar hybrids, 19 on line grids, two were completed and four more using generators,” he said.The schools which have been provided for such projects are in Perak, Johor, Pahang and Kelantan.“This project’s implementation ensures that there will be no schools that do not have a 24-hour electricity supply,” he said.Mohd Puad emphasised that the government always keeps its word in resolving the electricity problems of rural schools.
New Sabah Times
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