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1
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Facts and figure

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  • funded by UK government (234 million pound)

- began in 1991

2
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Was controversial because

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  • Electricity produced there would not benfit the poorest regions and Malay but instead go to akuala Lumpur
  • Harmful environmental effects (deforestation –> rain stripped away top soil –> soil started to silt up the River Pergau and threatened the lives of Sumatran rhinos and tigers)
  • Thousand farmers displaced
  • “tied deals” - Malaysia bought 1 billion pounds worth of arms from the UK –> provided jobs and exports back in the UK
  • In 1994- High Court ruled that the aid is illegal since the project was not of economic benefit to Malaysian people