SHAARI Chan from Yan in Kedah could not wait to get to Lurah Bilut, 20km from Bentong in Pahang when he received an offer letter to be a Felda settler in 1959.
The letter said he would be taking care of rubber trees and he would be given a piece of land in return, recalled Shaari, who is popularly known as Pak Long in the settlement.
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