By Nik Naizi Husin
Thursday January 31, 2008
LIPIS: The orang asli community in Pos Betau will benefit from a 88km road from Sungai Koyan to Cameron Highlands scheduled for completion by the end of this year.
Jelai assemblyman Datuk Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail said the road, costing RM80mil, could now be used by motorists from Sungai Koyan to Kampung Susu, a stretch of about 70km. Another 18km from Kampung Susu to Ringlet in Cameron Highlands was still under construction.
Welcome gift: Wan Rosdi (third from left) and Devamany distributing packs of rice to the orang asli at Pos Betau in Lipis recently
Wan Rosdy said, with the completion of the road, travel time to Cameron Highlands from Kuala Lipis would be reduced by five hours.
“Currently, people go to Cameron Highlands via Gua Musang (in Kelantan), Batang Berjuntai (in Selangor) and the North-South Expressway, and the journey takes long hours,” he said when met after presenting annual bonuses to 46 village headmen from 18 orang asli villages in Pos Betau here recently.
Also present was Cameron Highlands MP S.K. Devamany.
He said the orang asli would benefit much in terms of marketing their fruits and crafts.
“The road will be another alternative for people to go to Ipoh and northen parts of the country,” Wan Rosdy added.
“I see some tourism attractions like waterfalls, rivers and the natural environment which could be upgraded and promoted with the new road,” he said. -- Star Metro
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