VISITORS to Dataran Sastera in Universiti Malaya (UM) got a glimpse into a different era, thanks to the “Kampung Hakka Mantin: A Disappearing Heritage” exhibition on the Hakka Chinese of ...

During its heyday during the 1960s and 1970s, 800 noisy students from Hakka families would learn their ABCs in its minimally-furnished classrooms and master farming skills - a now-obsolete subject ...