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Working For Our More Alluring Neighbor

Due to poverty, many people living on Merbau Island in the regency of Meranti islands, Riau, go to Malaysia to work for a living.

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Syahnan Rangkuti
· 6 minutes read
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Due to poverty, many people living on Merbau Island in the regency of Meranti islands, Riau, go to Malaysia to work for a living.

The famous proverb, “A rain of stones in our country is better than the a rain of gold in another country,” no longer applies to youths in Merbau, as the promise of a better life in neighboring Malaysia has attracted them to work there.

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