By Jaspal Singh GOPENG: The Perak government will commission a comprehensive study soon to determine the size of the Orang Asli community's customary-cum-ancestral land. The move is to protect the community as its ancestral land had been given to others without consent.

By Sharen Kaur MALAYSIA'S 130 million-year-old Belum-Temengor rainforest complex in northern Perak, located 330km north of Kuala Lumpur, is one of the world's oldest tropical rainforests that needs protection as it is rich with biodiversity.

By T.N. Alagesh KUANTAN: As well as her own dreams, a 20-year-old girl carries the hopes of her community on her shoulders. Maslinda Samad, from Pos Celanak Orang Asli settlement in Cameron Highlands, is the first Semai girl to be accepted into a university to study engineering.

By Nisha Sabanayagam KUALA LUMPUR: The developer of a petrochemical plant and maritime centre at Sungai Pulai estuary has stated that it will not lead to environmental degradation along the Johor coastline.

By Diana Yeoh TWENTY members of the St John Ambulance Malaysia (Perak Chapter) (SJAM) visited Kampung Kenang Orang Asli Settlement in Sungei Siput to provide medical assistance to the villagers recently.