Reading corner for orang asli kids


The children listening intently as Jie Min reads and shows pictures from a popular storybook.

JACQUELINE Kennedy Onassis once said, “There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all.”

Guided by the former American first lady’s words, a group of students from Heriot-Watt University Malaysia (Heriot-Watt) decided to set up a community library at an orang asli settlement near Dengkil, Selangor, for the benefit of its children.

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