Malaysia Now and Then: ‘How did things get this bad?’, rubber tapper asks

Ah Seng, 57, learnt to tap the rubber when he was seven, helping out his parents at the rubber estate. -Team Ceritalah

SWEATING under the scorching sun in Kuala Kangsar, chased by hordes of mosquitoes (one clap of the hands can kill up to five!), 57-year-old Ah Seng teaches Team Ceritalah how to tap rubber.

“It has to be one steady motion, if the cut is jagged, the milk will not flow.”