Leaders who are always on call


Yong (right) looking on as Bawang Assan community and development committee chairman Kevin Lau (in white shirt) hands over aid to rural folk.

“WHAT is ‘Temenggong’, ‘Penghulu’, ‘Pemanca’ or ‘Kapitan’ in a person’s name? Or did you get their names right!”

These are common remarks by Peninsular Malaysians, though Sarawak has been using these community leader designations for more than 100 years.

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