TABLE 3: POPULATION BREAKDOWN, SABAH, 2010 RACE POPULATION PERCENTAGE Malay 184,197 5.74 KadazanDusun 568,575 17.71 Bajau 450,279 14.00 Murut 102,393 3.20 Other Bumiputera 659,856 20.57 Chinese 295,674 9.20 Indian 7,453 0.23 Others 48,527 1.51 Non-Citizens 889,779 27.74 3,206,742 100 TOTAL 2.2 THE ORANG ASAL’S WAY OF LIFE The majority of the Orang Asal in Malaysia still reside in rural and remote areas. However, there is an increasing trend of migration among the Orang Asal to the periphery of the urban areas. 21 A significant number of the Orang Asal, especially the natives in Sabah and Sarawak, are now employed in the civil service or private sector, while many others still survive by hunting and gathering, fishing, swidden farming, arboriculture and by trading forest products. Nonetheless, by and large, the Orang Asal remains a rural population. 22 Their lives remain closely linked to their lands, territories and natural resources. Lands and resources are not only their means of subsistence, but are also integral to their spiritual and cultural beliefs which, in turn, forms their identity. 23 The indigenous communities utilise their traditional customs or adat to govern their daily lives including their traditional beliefs and social and economic system, as well as to regulate their use and protection of lands, territories and resources, among others. It SUHAKAM (n. 9), 11 Ibid. 23 Ibid. 21 22 10