Put education front and centre

There is a lot that bickering Peninsular Malaysians can learn from the country’s indigenous people as we continue our Malaysia Day festivities.

There is a total of some 80 ethno-linguistic groups on both sides of the pond – making up 13.9% of the 31 million total population of Malaysia – each with its own culture and territory, but the orang asal of Sabah and Sarawak and the orang asli of Peninsular Malaysia have found a way to not only learn more about each other, but also unite.