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Features : Teacher Determined To Help Orang Asli Kids

By Suraiya Jamil KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) — It takes a special kind of teacher to persevere in teaching outside favourable conditions. Seven years ago, Rassidee Rasid, who could speak Temiar, was posted to Sekolah Kebangsaan Pos Perwor in Sungai Siput, Perak, to teach Orang Asli children. Temiar …

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Orang utan ‘hero’ honoured

PETALING JAYA: A conservationist known for his efforts to help save the orang utan has won the Whitley Award, the first Malaysian to do so. Dr Melvin Gumal was honoured with the Whitley Award for Con­servation in Ape Habitats at a special ceremony at the Royal Geographical Society in Britain on Thu …

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