SEREMBAN, May 1 — The Negri Sembilan government has gazetted 68 Orang Asli villages in the state since 2013 until last year.
According to the Negri Sembilan Government’s portal, almost all the villagers now have electricity and clean water supply, as well as equipped with infrastructure facilities.
One of the villages, Kampung Orang Asli Bukit Kepong Port Dickson, was named the cleanest and most beautiful traditional village, as well as the winner of the state-level “ Desa Sejahtera 1Malaysia” award in 2014, second place in 2014 and the national-level winner last year.
Another village, Kampung Orang Asli Palebar Baru, was named the winner for the modern and systematic village category.
Based on the portal, RM11.4 million had been spent by the Orang Asli Development Department between 2013 and 2017 to build 284 houses for the Orang Asli and RM2.5 million for repair of 246 houses.
For education, the government had spent RM8.8 million during the same period to provide, among others, school uniforms, pocket money, transport fare, payment of fees and others for Orang Asli children.
According to the portal, based on a study carried out in 2026, 100 per cent of the Orang Asli community are no longer the hardcore poor. — Bernama
