sohot bin kamin is the son of malay settlers.e and his wife live here with their five children and four grandchildren. ( speaking malay ) translator: my father came here from java. i remember him telling me how they cleared the jungle, built the roads all by themselves and planted their crops. they didn't have much to eat, and rice wasn't available, so they mostly ate potatoes. narrator: most farmers in this area grow oil palms. sowo however, even with this income, he barely kes enough to feed his family. sohot sells the oil palms that he harvests to a broker who lives in the same village. sia yong tee, an ethnic chinese, is also a second-generation son of settlers. ( conversing in malay ) ( translated ): could i ask you what tay's pri is for palm oil? ( translated ): two hundred-plus ringgit per ton. how much do you think is here? more than a ton and a half, i'd say. narrator: sia became an oil palm broker he and his family handle 30d 400 to of oil palm a m. narrator: sithe family income is nowker he aconsiderably moredle than t