Respects (for other’s properties) and trust.

This is an area which I feel that the people of Lipat Kajang has got to understand (fully). Living in a close kampong community like ours (and currently there are very minimal number of ‘outsiders’ living among the community), we tend to feel that what belongs to others (who may be our very close blood relation) may also belong to us. Not knowing that the others have worked hard (and scratch their brains) to come out with ideas and products which they have to invest money and time to make those ideas visible and viable.

And people plant fruit trees waiting for the plant/trees to bear fruits, but when the fruits have arrived they get taken away by person/persons unknown. People tap rubber trees hoping to sell the latex for cash for a decent living. But the latex gets stolen in the middle of the night. People rear fish hoping that they can catch the fish for marketing, to earn a small amount of cash (very small in most cases) but the fish got trapped away in time unknown.

These are examples which I can think of presently, but there may be more examples as and when I think further about the challenges in living in a small kampong community, a community that rely on trust among friends and close relatives. Do we have that respects and trust in Lipat Kajang? I believe that we have, but we must also be aware if anyone of us breaks the rule of ‘respect and trust’.

These are small aspects of ‘respect and trust’ thrust to us in the kampong against when compared to some other rural or urban communities where people run away with other people’s wives or daughters, or even small children. And in more modern society people use other people money (charitable collections for example) to enrich themselves. If ever it happens to us (Allah forbid) in our kampong community, then we need and have to go back to the basic of the religion of Islam for which 100% of us in the kampong subscribe to.


Lipat Kajang people (or decendents) are encouraged to participate& contribute (Orang Lipat Kajang, atau keturunan, di jemput memberi sumbangan idea)