The orang asli community can only advance if they are willing to embrace knowledge and change.
MAHAT Mat Dong is gripped with flashes of the past whenever he goes back to his village in Kampung Bukit Bangkong, near Kuantan, Pahang. Every time he drives on the only laterite road that leads to his village, a settlement for the Jakun tribe of the orang asli community, he is reminded at every turn and corner of the tough times he experienced in his early years.
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