Sarawak Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Openg speaks during a press conference in Kuching March 17, 2020. — Bernama pic
Singling out the relatively low level of average household income in Sarawak, he said the high income per capita figures for Sarawak did not reflect the true picture of the distribution of wealth in the state. “Sarawak’s Gross Domestic Product was quite high because of the revenue from the oil and gas industry, but which, unfortunately, did not translate into an increase in the real income of the people,” he said after launching the 2020 National Population and Housing Census for Sarawak at his office in Wisma Bapa Malaysia here.
“The GDP per capita was not a true picture of the income of the people,” Abang Johari pointed out, adding that the recent announcement of raising the poverty line from RM980 to RM2,208 by the Federal government would certainly put more people in the category.
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