Julau MP Larry Sng has questioned the government quotation for solar street lights under a project led by the Rural and Regional Development Ministry, which was listed as five times more than the market price.

When debating the 13th Malaysia Plan (13MP) in Parliament yesterday, Sng suggested that the project to establish solar street lights in rural Sabah and Sarawak would be more cost-effective if conducted through independently run community initiatives (gotong-royong) instead of being directly administered by the ministry.