Prized gift: Abang Johari (right)receiving a memento from the Harmonious Night Gala Dinner organising chairman Ying Tieng Chai.
SIBU: Inter-racial and inter-ethnic marriages over generations have contributed to Sarawak’s harmony, says Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg.
“One thing good about Sarawak culture ... the Chinese marrying the Malay, the Malay marrying Chinese, Chinese marrying Dayak and also Bidayuh so much so over a period of time, as a result of these marriages, we have what I call hybrid Sarawakians,” he said during the Harmonious Night Gala Dinner organised by the Federation of Chinese Seven Clans Association on Sunday.
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