The Sarawak Padi and Rice Board Bill 2026 establishes a state agency to boost rice self-sufficiency from 21% to 60% by 2030, reduce import dependence, modernise agriculture, and strengthen food security through coordinated planning, technology, and institutional governance.

Sarawak aims for RM282 billion GDP by 2030, but Bumiputera, 72% of the population, own only 5% of businesses, mostly micro-enterprises lacking capital and access to AI and green sectors. This stark disparity demands urgent accountability for truly inclusive, equitable growth.

The Sarawak Padi and Rice Board Bill 2026 establishes a statutory body to tackle Sarawak's 21% rice self-sufficiency, aiming for 60% by 2030 through modernisation, private partnerships, and institutional coordination amid global food supply vulnerabilities.

Living Third Spaces are not just locations but webs of relationships that heal communities. Data from Sarawak and global studies prove that regular, levelling, non-clinical hubs build resilience, reduce clinical strain, and transform participants into everyday mental health first responders.

In Sarawak, where 79% of suicides are men, masking pain behind a smile is a deadly norm. RSDM's Third Spaces, ALEC model, peer support, and creative expression transform vulnerability into healing, offering practical coping tools and authentic human connection

Sarawak’s mental health crisis, as surging helpline calls, high suicide rates among young men, and 35.8% prevalence, imperils the PCDS 2030 vision. Depression erodes productivity, unity, and environmental stewardship, demanding urgent community-rooted mental health investment now to avert severe economic and social collapse.