Tuesday May 19, 2009Assets of disabled not a consideration
THE Government will no longer consider the assets of the physically disabled when processing their application for aid.
Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said this was because the problem faced by each applicant differs.
“The Welfare Department will look at these applications on a case-by-case basis. I hope this will allay the worries of the disabled people as the Government will do its best to ensure that there will be less red tape.
“It is unfair if we disapprove their applications for aid just because they own a motorcycle or a television,” she told reporters after presenting aid to poor families in Kampung Sungai Lembu, Bukit Mertajam, recently.
Shahrizat was accompanied by state Unity and Welfare Council chairman Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah who is also Seberang Jaya assemblyman.
She added that the disabled must be registered with the Welfare Department of their respective areas before their applications can be processed.
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this massage should not be only at minister level but send clearly to the assessment officer of JKM as they claim they have not got any instruction from the top people of the ministry only read from the press and they cannot act.
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