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Economy of Tasik Chini
• The Jakun performed both, the traditional and modern economic Relience on Chini Lake for life
activities • The Jakuns normally reside around the lake, whereby their
• The families managed their own rubber and oil palm plantation livelihood and socio-economic activities are highly
as these were the major cash crops in the area. In fact, they dependent on natural resources, fauna and floras, richly
were highly involved in the modern small-scale agriculture. Due found in the areas.
to the high demand of the forest products recently, some of the • Orang Asli were seen as boatman, fisherman and forest
Jakuns ventured seriously in collecting rattan, bamboo, wood, product collectors. A 1993 survey in 1993 (DARA, unpubl.
resin, roots and medicinal plants. The products were either sold data, 1994) indicated that fishing is the sole economic
to the middleman which assisted them at their kampongs, or revenue for 11.5% of the total head of households.
they managed individually, by selling directly in the nearby town, • Some local communities are involved in tourism activities
Pekan. (boat operators, tourist guides, craft sellers)
• The younger Orang Asli generations are already moving into a • The use of water wells is divided into two types - water wells
wage economy, with the majority working on rubber and oil palm for use in cooking and drinking and water wells for bathing,
plantations such as FELDA plantations. swimming and washing clothes.
