Keeping a vanishing Hakka village alive

Dr Lai (centre), Prof Wong (third from left) and Rakan Mantin founder Chan Siong Foong (third from right) performing the ribbon-cutting ceremony to launch the exhibition. With them are Dr Shanthi (second from left), Universiti Malaya chief librarian Dr Nor Edzan Che Nasir (left) and several residents of Kampung Hakka Mantin.

VISITORS to Dataran Sastera in Universiti Malaya (UM) got a glimpse into a different era, thanks to the “Kampung Hakka Mantin: A Disappearing Heritage” exhibition on the Hakka Chinese of Mantin in Negri Sembilan.

Historical photographs and old maps helped to explain the history and location of Kampung Hakka Mantin.