Income streams for Kelantan

ktbwau 1....high flying match... veteran wau maker Shafie Ismail, 55, from Kampung Badang flying one of his master pieces at the Kite Festival in Pantai Sri Tujuh, Tumpat. /pic by SAZUKI EMBONG/July 3/2005

I AM reading with concern and alarm the many reports about the way the Kelantan state government is treating its orang asli communities, specifically the Temiar whose fight for their homes in the forest has forced them to erect blockades in the past couple of years.

I also read with disbelief reports of the state government’s consent for some areas in its pristine forest to be logged and turned into duria­n plantations.