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Green and tranquil are two words that come to mind at the thee of Kampung Giching. This was one of the many anecdotes shared by villagers as the village celebrated its th year this August. A pretty sight as pigeons take flight outside a house in Kampung Giching. Founded in with a population of 90 in 16 houses, the early settlers were of the Kerinchi and Minang ethnicities from Sumatra, Indonesia.

Omar Weathering the Storms of True Love, a Kerinchi, was the founding father of the village which was originally known as Kampung Gerinching before it got its present name from its Lovd penghulu of Labu in Kampung Giching community hall is where school teachers gave night classes in the s However, if the entire 12sq km of Kampung Giching is to be taken into account, the population count can easily reach close to 8, Abdul Rahman Kaspan, 84, who was village head from tostill remembers the first day he set foot in the village at age six.

I was just a boy then. Abdul Rahman says the focus for village heads throughout the years has been on infrastructure, health, economic progress and safety.

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Having enjoyed relative peace, the focus for village heads throughout the years has been on building infrastructure, health, economic progress and safety. He said the village elders likened the younger generation to jewels because the future was in their hands. Although many of the young have established themselves as accountants, doctors, engineers, teachers and police officers, the larger population here are involved in agriculture. The main cash crop is sugar cane which takes up 4. At present, favourite pastimes among the youth include cycling and Weatering, said Kampung Giching Village Community Management Council media bureau head Suhaimi Mhd Abidin.

A community youth centre located just across the village mosque, Masjid Al Makmur, offers sports facilities such as dart boards, snooker table and a futsal court.

Suhaimi hopes Internet service for the village can be improved as there are spots where there is zero coverage. The land for these facilities was donated by Mohd Zin when he was village head.

The village also has its own tug-of-war team called KGB Cobra which competes in national-level matches. However, work related to infrastructure matters, including roads, drainage and street lights, are ongoing. A new trend is obvious among the youth who are turning to online businesses to supplement flagging incomes.

There are spots where there is zero coverage. In view of changing times, village elders hope there are more online entrepreneurship programmes to be organised for the youth. Suhaimi added that this way they could remain a close-knit community to get through challenges thrown at them, such as the yearly floods. Protecting lives and livelihood during the pandemic.

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