Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Noriah Kasnon said according to the World Health Organisation, an average of between five and 10% of a country’s population was made up of the disabled.
Impressive: Noriah (right) launching the Hilton Christmas Train in Petaling Jaya yesterday. Looking on (from left) are Hilton Petaling Jaya general manager Luc Bollen and organising chairman of the hotel’s GongxiDeeparayamas Charity Party V. Jayamurugan.But our ministry only has 233,000 registered disabled members, which is less than one per cent,” she said after launching the Hilton Christmas Train yesterday.
She also attended the GongxiDeeparayamas Charity Party at the hotel.
Noriah encouraged the disabled to register with the department so that the ministry would have a clearer picture in assessing the disabled community’s situation.
She added that only 581 registered OKU (disabled people) were working in the public sector.
“OKU with a monthly income of less than RM1,200 would be entitled to apply for a RM300 incentive under the department’s scheme,” she said.
A monthly allowance of RM300 would also be given to caregivers of bed-ridden OKU with a total household income of less than RM3,000 per month. Noriah presented 25 charity homes with RM4,500 each at the event.
The donations were generated from the Fifth Hilton Christmas Train project which features a train display by lecturers and students from the University College Sedaya International School of Architecture and Built Environment.
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