Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad addresses the Orang Asli National Convention 2019 in Putrajaya April 22, 2019. — Picture by Miera Zulyana
The 93-year-old said his government has formulated strategies and plans to teach the Orang Asli how to be entrepreneurs capable of competing and sustaining themselves in the marketplace through eco and agro-tourism. “We’ve identified certain strategies to be implemented along with the existing economic policy whereby we teach and nurture the Orang Asli to develop and grow the local tourism industry through indigenous eco and agro-tourism.
“The promise to improve Orang Asli’s conditions are written in ‘Promise 38’ in PH’s manifesto which is to ‘Defend the Rights of the Orang Asli’,” Dr Mahathir said.
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