Lighting up Borneo, one village at a time | Star Golden Hearts Award 2025

Published on 26 Nov 2025 9:00:19 PM

In 2011, Penang-born activist Ong Boon Keong answered a Sarawak village’s call for electricity, using his expertise in micro-hydro energy to bring light to a community in darkness.

This sparked the creation of Lightup Borneo, an NGO providing clean energy to off-grid communities in Sabah, Sarawak, and Orang Asli villages across Peninsular Malaysia.

For his noble efforts, Ong is named as one of the 10 winners of the Star Golden Hearts Award 2025, an annual award by The Star that honours everyday Malaysian unsung heroes.

For more details, visit https://www.sgha.com.my/

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