[1(c)] The aborigines shall be allowed to retain their own customs, political system, laws and institutions when they are not incompatible with the national legal system. [1(d)] The special position of aborigines in respect of land usage and land rights shall be recognized …. Aborigines will not be moved from their traditional areas without their full consent. [1(e)] Measures should be taken to ensure that they have the opportunity to acquire education at all levels on an equal footing with the other sections of the population. At the same time care must be taken to ensure that their own dialects are preserved and measures should be introduced to enable the teaching of these dialects. [1(g)] Adequate health services should be provided … and special facilities should be provided for the training of their own people as health workers and medical personnel. [1(j)] In all matters concerning the welfare and development of the aboriginal peoples, the Government will seek the collaboration of the communities concerned or their representatives. [2(iii)(a)] In the implementation of forest conservation requirements, the special position of these communities is to be ack–nowledged provided any relaxation exercised in their favour will not be detrimental to the effective and proper implementation of accepted Forest policy and objectives. [2(iii)(b)] The basic requirements for settled agriculture are a sufficiency of food crops and a dependable cash crop …. This requires a degree of permanency of occupation, ORANG ASLI – RIGHTS, PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS 11

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