Felda schemes a legacy of Tun Razak

The Felda land schemes developed by the late Tun Abdul Razak Hussein more than 50 years ago are a major contribution of the second prime minister to society.

The schemes have provided a comfortable life to the scores of poor people recruited as settlers.

One such settler is Mustaffa Ismail, 70, of Felda Bukit Sagu 1 here. He acknowledged that life was much better now than before he joined the scheme in 1982.

Mustaffa, who was a rubber tapper in Pokok Sena, Kedah, said he had taken the right decision to migrate from the rice bowl state to Pahang 34 years ago to become a Felda settler.

"When I arrived at this Felda scheme 34 years ago, oil palm smallholdings were nothing much to shout about but I toiled in the plantation to earn a lucrative income.