Nang Chong Stories : Swimming in the River Rajang

A faded photograph still brings back a lot of memories.

When we were young, we all learned how to swim in the huge Rajang River, 360 miles long, making it the longest river in Malaysia.

The river is the mother river of the Foochows who depended on the Rajang for cleaning, transport, food resources and agriculture.

Our cultural and geographical history is all part and parcel of the river's development over the years.

In the1950s and 1960's the Rajang was clean and we swam in the river until our parents had to call us to return home. It was literary our playground.