JOHOR BAHRU: The government, through the Department of Orang Asli Development (JAKOA), has allocated RM16.21 million this year for the development of the Orang Asli community in Johor. State Agriculture, Agro-Based Industry and Rural Development Committee chairman Datuk Zahari Sarip said the allocation would benefit more than 18,000 Orang Asli from five tribes, namely Seletar, Kanaq, Jakun, Kuala and Temuan. He said the allocation covered the implementation of various programmes, including economic and entrepreneurship development, housing assistance, infrastructure projects, road upgrades, treated water supply projects, human capital development, as well as cultural and heritage empowerment initiatives. “The state government is committed to implementing various initiatives to ensure that no target group is left behind in the development agenda, particularly the Orang Asli community, as we work towards achieving developed state status by 2030,” he said in a statement today. Earlier, Zahari, state JAKOA director Faisal Long, together with Johor Orang Asli community leaders, visited the Orang Asli village of Desa Teluk Setimbul in Indonesia as part of the Johor Orang Asli Leadership Programme in Tanjung Balai Karimun, Riau Islands, today. According to Zahari, the Orang Asli community in Desa Teluk Setimbul had become more self-reliant in many aspects, as they did not receive specific government... JOHOR BAHRU: The government, through the Department of Orang Asli Development (JAKOA), has allocated RM16.21 million this year for the development of the Orang Asli community in Johor. State Agriculture, Agro-Based Industry and Rural Development Committee chairman Datuk Zahari Sarip said the allocation would benefit more than 18,000 Orang Asli from five tribes, namely Seletar, Kanaq, Jakun, Kuala and Temuan. He said the allocation covered the implementation of various programmes, including economic and entrepreneurship development, housing assistance, infrastructure projects, road upgrades, treated water supply projects, human capital development, as well as cultural and heritage empowerment initiatives. “The state government is committed to implementing various initiatives to ensure that no target group is left behind in the development agenda, particularly the Orang Asli community, as we work towards achieving developed state status by 2030,” he said in a statement today. Earlier, Zahari, state JAKOA director Faisal Long, together with Johor Orang Asli community leaders, visited the Orang Asli village of Desa Teluk Setimbul in Indonesia as part of the Johor Orang Asli Leadership Programme in Tanjung Balai Karimun, Riau Islands, today. According to Zahari, the Orang Asli community in Desa Teluk Setimbul had become more self-reliant in many aspects, as they did not receive specific government... Read full article MORE NEWS.