By Suhaila Shahrul Annuar
HULU SELANGOR, May 5 — The Youth and Sports Ministry is collaborating with the Orang Asli Development Department to increase the Orang Asli community’s potential in sports.
Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh said improving facilities and access to sporting amenities in Orang Asli villages is among the government’s priorities.
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Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh with members of the Orang Asli community of Kampung Buluh Telur, Kuala Kubu Baharu, with by-election Unity Government candidate Pang Sock Tao at the Beting Rimbayu campsite in Hulu Selangor on May 5, 2024. — Picture by NUR ADIBAH AHMAD IZAM/SELANGORKINI[/caption]
“Meeting Orang Asli youth here, (I see) the men are involved in football and women are involved in badminton.
“We must consider how they live and which sports they like. There is no use introducing new sports in which they have no interest. Football clinics are popular here, maybe next time (we will hold one for) badminton,” she said.
She was met as she accompanied the Unity Government’s candidate for the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election, Pang Sock Tao, to meet around 30 Orang Asli youth from Kampung Buluh Telur at the Beting Rimbayu campsite in Kuala Kubu Baharu here today.
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The Unity Government’s Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election candidate Pang Sock Tao (right) accompanied by Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh to meet Orang Asli youth from Kampung Buluh Telur at the Beting Rimbayu campsite in Kuala Kubu Baharu on May 5, 2024. — Picture by NUR ADIBAH AHMAD IZAM/SELANGORKINI[/caption]
