(Front row, from second left) Dr Muhamad Akmal and Abdul Kahar at the carnival held at Dataran Pahlawan.
Melaka government will launch a new initiative next year to build and repair homes for Orang Asli communities.
State rural development, agriculture and food security committee chairman Datuk Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh said the initiative through Melaka Housing Board was to ensure Orang Asli communities were not excluded from state government aid or development programmes.
