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Article: The Orang Asli as they really are
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Reviewed by Otto Steinmayer
New Straits Times
03-07-2001
The Orang Asli as they really are
Byline: Reviewed by Otto Steinmayer
Edition: The City Advertiser; 2*
Section: Literary & Books
Type: Book review
THE ORANG ASLI AND THE CONTEST FOR RESOURCES Indigenous Politics, Development and Identity in Peninsular Malaysia By Colin Nicholas (International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, Copenhagen, and Centre for Orang Asli Concerns, Subang Jaya, 285 pages) DESPITE the misconception that race, and particularly the conditions of the various races and their relations with one another, is a strictly taboo subject in Malaysia, in fact much discourse on these topics does take place. The carefully ...