FIVE more Orang Asli settlements will benefit from the government’s programme to generate higher income for the community, in the next three months, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Sim Tze Tzin.

According to Sim, the five settlements have been identified, but detailed planning is still needed before the programme can be rolled out in the respective settlements.

He said the programme, under the Agriculture Department and with the co-operation of the Orang Asli Development Department, was underway at the Bukit Lagong Orang Asli settlement in Selayang, Kuala Lumpur to produce and market the community’s agricultural products.

“The aim of the programme is to help the Orang Asli community generate higher income through vegetable and fruit cultivation,” he said after launching the programme in Bukit Lagong today.

The programme was also in line with the aims of the Shared Prosperity Vision 2030, which aspires to boost the community’s living standards.

At the event, 35 Orang Asli families from the settlement received seedlings and saplings of crops such as pandan coconut, the D197 durian variety, jackfruit, dokong, rambutan and soursop. – Bernama, November 17, 2019.