AS the lights dim in the makeshift hall erected on the grounds of Wisma Lafarge in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, the crowd becomes quiet. A series of images are projected onto the screen. One of them is of a construction site in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It looks like a row of shops is being built and, in the foreground, labourers are covered in dust and carrying baskets of rubble. The speaker, Dr Milinda Pathiraja, isn’t impressed with the aesthetics of the buildings and suggests that none of these labourers will learn any special skill.
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