Salim and his wife Leiti attaching ropes to plastic drums, which will be dropped into the sea to cultivate mussels. — Photos: THOMAS YONG/The Star
SLOW business at seafood restaurants around the district has affected the income of some 80 Orang Asli Seletar families in Kampung Sungai Temon in Johor Baru.
Its Tok Batin (village chief) Salim Palon said that most of the 400 people in the village worked as fishermen and supplied to restaurants in the city.
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Salim and his wife Leiti attaching ropes to plastic drums, which will be dropped into the sea to cultivate mussels. — Photos: THOMAS YONG/The Star
Mat Akel says only mussels are selling well now but it takes six months to get a harvest.
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