KOTA KINABALU: Kampung Terian and Kampung Buayan are two beautiful villages tucked deep inside Sabah’s Crocker Range in the Penampang district near here.
The residents comprised those from the Kadazandusun community, with a majority depending on farming and livestock for sustenance.
Besides the road condition, travellers also have to contend with the hilly terrain as well as having to cross a few rivers, which become impassable during the wet season, in order to reach the villages. Due to this, villagers are forced to walk between six to eight hours just to get essential supplies or sell their vegetable produce in Donggongon town.
“I chose to travel by land to these villages because I want to feel the difficulty of the journey the villagers have to go through,” said Benedick, who is also the federal Entrepreneur Development and Cooperative Minister.“That is why I hope the villagers will give their cooperation to a study by the Institute For Development Studies Sabah, which is implementing the Penampang Development Plan.
The Minister was accompanied by members from the four-wheel drive vehicle club WRS Penampang which deployed 30 4WDs. Hence, he hoped all the villages in Penampang would provide their input as well as their aspirations for the district, which is the heartland for the Kadazandusun community.
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