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Section 1	Poor management of land and decrease in livestock. Changes in farming methods; usefulness of new technology and agricultural education brought by extension workers.
Section 2	Increase in cost of living. Irrigation, new crops, use of pesticides. Development activities – schools and clinics being built, better roads, veterinary services. If these continue he believes “we can achieve revolutionary changes within the coming 20 years”. Changes in marriage and divorce – formerly decided by parents and elders, now by young people.
Section 3	Traditional (church) education. Modern education – enables children to support their parents. Interaction among the different social groups, i.e. Muslim and Christian: “Since the people live in the same area and share the same language and culture, they are not evil to each other.” Views on reasons for crime – most due to trivial matters; importance of arbitration to settle quarrels. Men and women: “women have proved themselves to be equally productive in work and as educated as men.”
Section 4	Disabled people – not being given training to enable them to be self-sufficient. Characteristics of Meket people: religious, hospitable. Good and bad traditions. Institution of marriage – major changes. The value of education.
Section 5	Impact of the Chinese road – opening up the way for development, including tourism.
Section 6-7	Health services more effective than traditional methods: “The witch doctors prescribed red or white chicken and the man was not cured often. Now people have realised that the modern doctors are more effective.” Illnesses, past and present; AIDS. Population growth and ignorance of family planning. Why famine occurs: “ due to lack of knowledge and the inability to use the local plants”.