Life as an Orang Laut on Pulau Semakau 

Any details of how to get there?

yeah, it's a shame really, anything kampung is deemed backward in the face of singapore government.

@@Banom7a No guys, its not about backwards. Singapore doesnt have enough land to build kampungs. Its a necessity for us to live in flats.

@@Emsyaz it's true but i wish they would have preserved a bit more.

Selamat datang ke Indonesia 🇮🇩

@@Emsyaz why do they remove kampungs and not landed houses? because landed houses are modern. It is not because of not enough land, we have enough but the government wanted 6.9m residents, of course they had to build flats right?

Nenek was really adorable, and the relationship between mother-daughter was super precious too :)

Menarik tu. Orang sungei seletar ni melayu mana

Nenek moyang saya orang Pulau sekijang.. sebelum berpindah Sekijang mereka² menetap di Pulau Seringat

u can order from them thru oranglaut.sg/taste-our-heritage/

@@boyan619 Alamak, I was just about to respond to his message with “masak sendiri” (took me a couple of days to recall how to say it correctly bahahahaha) 🤣

Di Kepulauan Riau bahasanya seperti ini..

Ye betul

Ini bahasa melayu riau

malay in riau islands sound like this,riau islands are just in front of singapore island & these regions used to be under johor-riau kingdom

From where can take boat bro thanks for replying me

No they’re not

@@aisinGioroPon zip sudah babi

Orang Laut not Orang lain

I stayed in Semakau for many years since l was young and l knew Firdaus' grandparents. They were simple and friendly islanders. The island folks called him Kanek. His grandfather was an expert fisherman who specialised in catching a type of fish called Sagai. My family used to stay there, even my maternal grandparents and great grand parent! As a young boy l used to catch fish and crabs. The island was teeming with these seafoods.We were living on stilt house. From my home l could catch crabs and fish as my house was built into the sea. I hope the govt would one day allow the ex islanders to go back and build homes or better still build apartments for us to lease. Pulau Senang and Pawai are two islands worth exploring. They are now reserved for military purposes. This problem can be circumvented. With a number of countries such as Australia. Taiwan, that can allow us to send our army boys to be trained there, the need to reserve these islands for training purposes is not that crucial now. Personally l think it is a sheer waste of keeping the islands as they are now as we have limited land. They would be grossly underutilised! By keeping the status quo we may deprive our future generations of the optimum use of our land. These islands can be used to preserve our heritage as well as to promote local and international tourism. Besides these the economic spin off is another factor that one should not overlook. I shall be pleased to offer help with respect to the above mentioned if any institution or government agency wish to take up this suggestion. I can be contacted at hp number 96988975

Kan dia cakap melayu dengan mak & nenek dia tu? Dia cakap english pun sebab dia tengah interact dengan interviewer, untuk english-based channel.

Usah menilai buku dari luarannya.

Haha, orang melayu biasa la kan ?

Do you really know what you're talking about? Why are you guys predisposed to lies and constantly trying to rewrite history?

The Malay people are also the indigenous people too. There are just the same people of different culture just like the orang laut or javanese or minang... Etc.

You know that orang laut exist in sumatra & riau islands in indonesia as well right? Singapore used to be one of the riau islands during johor-riau kingdom era and only got seperated bcs of british.However,malays are considered as indigenous to sumatra & riau islands as well although orang laut exist in these regions too bcs both of these ethnic groups are austronesians that came from taiwan thousand of years ago

Orang Laut exists in Andaman seas in Thailand and Myanmar borders. They do not have borders.

This is not org laut,they are orang pulau

Your ancestors may be welcoming but you don't sound very welcoming at all, more like bordering on hostile to be honest.

@@Sean-mj9gz where is the hostility? I am highlighting injustice given to the malay history here which glorify colonials and chinese immigrants. Singapore's malay roots is being erased litle by little and we have become a minority in our own land due to the govt's policies. My only consolation is that our national.anthem is still sung in malay

@@mangotango7647 in future the national anthem might be changed too

@@sharifahmalek1934 If that happens, then the malays' concerns about losing their rights and identity is legit

Care to share?

Sad to see Such names as Coney Island, Saint John's Island, Lazarus Island on maps now... What happened to all the Malay names?

​@@tambakoverlanders Tbh, I think some names are changed for obvious reasons. Like Sentosa used to be Pulau belakang mati. Sentosa is now a holiday resort destination, They obviously cannot keep the old name. 😂

@@Sean-mj9gz Bukit Permai dah jadi Purmei🤔

Of course. Masih ada orang laut juga kat johor (orang seletar) kat kampung sg temon. If im not mistaken..

Yeah they are one of "orang asal" /natives of malayan peninsula.

@@Klaharnchaiya ya, rasanya dah ramai yang pindah ke johor sejak dulu

Mereka kan kategori malay proto mg mirip dgn melayu nenek moyang melayu

@@muhd195ify Genetically related to Malays though. They are sub ethnic of Malay.

The Orang Selatar mostly inhabits the narrow strait between SG and Johor, while the Orang Laut inhabited the islands and ocean between SG and Indonesia Riau Islands.

Obviously they’re talking about siput sedut

@@flugoaway3398 Yes. But it's translated into "snails". Bad translator.

Puyuh

Satu gram is one gram. Maybe she made a mistake.

IKR istg he looks like him

Betul kita anak pulau.kalau kita naik boat insaallah kita tak rasa janggal ,takut keran dah kebiasa dri kecik tgl d pulau. Mcm manapun sapai hari saya masih main laut pegi pancing,pasang jaring,selam bubu d Pulau Mecan batam.saya cucu mecan.pulau sarang.pulau lingkang batam.jujur kalau lihat Pulau Sekijang pelepah.pasti Air mata keluar.😥😥😥😥bayak kenagan manis tak boleh lupa sampai mati.

Saya anak arwah Noh Buton..(Pulau Sekijang Pelepah..