Why?
· the second lowest water supply coverage of 75% throughout the state just ahead of the 70% water supply coverage in Kelantan;
· has the highest population growth rate in the country at 3.1% as compared to the national average of 2.3%. Its population jumped by 530,000 or more than 20% in the space of 5 years from 2.6 million in 2000 to 3.13 million in 2005.
· has the largest number of illegal immigrants and those with genuine ICs under “Project M” estimated at nearly 1 million. The extraordinary growth of the Sabah population can be shown that in 1960, the Kadazandusun population was 168,000 and equaled the number of other Bumiputeras. In 2000, while the Kadazandusun population increased to 560,000, the population of other HBumiputeras had grown to 1.1 million;
· has the worst energy efficiency with shocking system losses of 19.5%, units sold per employee(Gwh) of only 1.29 and System Average Interruption Duration Index(SAIDI) of 4,109 minutes per customer per year. In other words 4,109 minutes is lost from power interruptions in Sabah each year or almost 3 days out of 365 days. No wonder Sabah is known as the ‘Land With Power Cuts’. This compares unfavourably with TNB’s system losses of 10.5%, 3.05 Gwh units sold and 147 SAIDI or only 147 minutes lost per year in Peninsular Malaysia.
· ranked last on the Development Composite Index (DCI) scoring 90 as compared to the highest of 109.6 of Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur. Even Kelantan is ahead of Sabah with a DCI of 93.1.
source: dapmalaysia
You can also see the poverty line in Malaysia from 1990-2002 here: (5th page) Parliamentarian_Dialogue
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