The orang asli village of Kampung Simpang Arang is stepping into the unknown- the villagers have been presented with five computers by the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry.
For now, no one in the village knows much about computers and digital technology, but village headman Tok Batin Lang Botong hopes the gift will help improve the students’ education and community’s development.
The children, for the part, were eager beavers, crowding around computers to look at what was on screens although none then knew how to operate the machines.
“The villagers especially the students will greatly benefit from these machines’” Tok Batin said, adding that he was touched that his village was chosen by the ministry. The Kampung Simpang Arang headman said he and other villagers were overjoyed with the gift.
“Computer skills are very important in improving one’s education and keeping pace with the country’s developments’” he added. When met after the ceremony here on Saturday, he said he hoped that the villagers would fully utilise the computers and gain more knowledge.
Ministry secretary-general DatuK Abdul Hanan Awang Endut, who presented the computers to the headman, said that the Government was committed in assisting the people of all races and background.
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2.presented
3. headman
4. improve
5. beavers
6. operate
7. greatly
8. benefit
9. touched
10. pace
11. developments
12. gain
13. knowledge
14. committed
15. assisting
ENRICHMENT LIST 1. savvy
2. eager
3. crowding
4. overjoyed
5. utilise
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