The Hand-over of the Grant Assistance Project for
the Electrification by Solar Energy in Pulau Larapan, Sabah
October 16, 2010
Consulate-General of Japan at Kota Kinabalu
The Government of Japan extended grant assistance totaling RM172,190.93 to the Project for the Electrification by Solar Energy on the Island off the East Coast of Sabah (hereinafter referred to as ”The Project”), in March 2010. The grant was used for establishing the electrification system by solar energy in the community hall on Pulau Larapan near Semporna in Sabah, in order to improve the living conditions of the people in the island. The Project was implemented by the Centre of Excellence for Rural Informatics (CoERI), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) as its e-Larapan project.
The Project has been completed recently, and handed over at the occasion of the Launching Ceremony of Paglatunan e-Larapan at Pulau Larapan on October 16, 2010, in the presence of Mr. Kazuyoshi YAMAGUCHI, Consul-General of Japan for Sabah, Sarawak and F.T. Labuan (山口 一義 総領事). Also present were Deputy Vice Chancellor of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Prof. Dr. Peter Songan.
The Government of Japan extends financial assistance to the development projects designed to meet the diverse needs of the people in developing countries through the scheme of grant assistance. Known as the Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Human Security Projects (GGP), this scheme supports the projects proposed by non-governmental organizations (NGOs), local governments, hospitals, primary schools and other nonprofit associations. The GGP has acquired an excellent reputation for providing flexible and timely support to development projects at the grass-roots level.
Since 1989, under the GGP, the Government of Japan has extended the assistance in Sabah and Sarawak with 37 small but socially and economically important projects amounting to approximately RM 5.0 million in total. The Government of Japan is always responsive to the good proposals from NGOs and other nonprofit associations to carry out the projects under the GGP.
For Further information, please contact Mr. Yoshimitsu KAWAMOTO, Vice-Consul of Consulate-General of Japan (Tel: 088-254169).