KAMPONG HAKKA
The Hakka villagers claim that their village is more than 100
years old. They trace their history right back to 1860. Most of them came from
Hui Zhou, China, and were brought here by the British to work in the tin mines.
They settled in a village in Mantin known as kampung Attap because of its
roofing. Today the same village is known as Kampong Hakka.
The
village covers about 30 acres and its surrounding countryside was once a
landscape of dredges and mining activity. This is now long in the past, and
despite their having settled the land over a century ago, the villagers’ right
of residence is not recognised by the land authorities. Their population has
dwindled from about 200 families to only about 50 families as a result of
outmigration and pressure to relocate.
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