From President & All ILTC Members
May your touch - is Midas
May your words - is Mantras
May your heart - is Pure
May you concious - is Clear
NEW MINISTER FOR WELFARE MINISTER OF MALAYSIA
Badan Latihan dan Hidup Berdikari Malaysia (ILTC) pada 23hb Mac 2016 menyerahkan memorandum kepada ahli-ahli parlimen mendesak supaya golongan orang kurang upaya (OKU) dikecualikan daripada cukai barangan dan perkhidmatan (GST).
Disabled Members Protest
Disabled Members Protest at JPJ Wangsa Maju
ILTC Malaysia members staged a protest outside JPJ Wangsamaju KL.
Disabled group’s protest disabled drivers required to produce doc's medical report.
Tuesday, 14 April 2009
Happy Tamizh New Year. ( இனிய தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்)
ILTC Wishing You & Your Family A Prosperous Happy Tamizh New Year. ( இனிய தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்)
From President & All ILTC Members
May your touch - is Midas
May your words - is Mantras
May your heart - is Pure
May you concious - is Clear
From President & All ILTC Members
May your touch - is Midas
May your words - is Mantras
May your heart - is Pure
May you concious - is Clear
Monday, 13 April 2009
Public transport needs to be more disabled-friendly: Ong
Published: Monday April 13, 2009 MYT 2:20:00 PM
Public transport needs to be more disabled-friendly: Ong 
By NG SI HOOI
By NG SI HOOI
KUALA LUMPUR: Public transport needs to be more disabled-friendly and moves are being made to improve facilities, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat.
“We are aware that a lot of facilities do not take into consideration their needs.
“In the fourth quarter of last year, I instructed several agencies under my ministry to take into account of the needs of the physically challenged individual especially in public transport,” he told reporters after opening the KKAJ Vocational Centre for the Disabled in Bandar Baru Ampang here Monday.
Ong, who is the patron of the centre, said he had instructed the agencies to speed up the process and make this their main challenge.
“I know it is not easy and there are lots of obstacles. We must endeavour to overcome the challenges,” he said.
Ong said he had come across cases where physically-challenged individuals had struggled to get on public transport.
“This renders them less mobile. I do not think it is fair,” he said.
Earlier in his speech, Ong said physically-challenged individuals needed assistance but not in the form of welfare.
“They need help in the form of training opportunities, to excel in life and to compete with others.
“These are the key parameterd that we should set our sight on,” he said.
The KKAJ Vocational Centre for the Disabled is set up by Resorts World Bhd and Kelab Kercergasan Ampang Jaya to give disabled-people a chance to learn skills and generate income for themselves.
The centre will provide training and facilities such as paper lamination, document binding and food packaging.
This Parking Lot Is For The Disabled
April 13, 2009 09:45 AM
"This Parking Lot Is For The Disabled"
By Zulkiple Ibrahim
KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 (Bernama) - Recently a daily reported the claim of a wheelchair-bound man about an unpleasant treatment that he encountered during a trip to a commercial bank in Subang Jaya near here.
In the report, the physically-handicapped man claimed that he had to wait for some 45 minutes outside the bank before getting assistance, as there was no facility for a wheelchair-bound person to get into the premises.
"No need to go to the bank lah. Ask your wife lah," said a friend in colloquial English.
Earlier, this writer who is a person with disability (PWD) and previously wheelchair-bound, had related the above experience to the friend.
"What ever happens to the Persons with Disabilities Act 2008?" queried academician Fatimah Mansur.
She said even though the Persons with Disabilities Act came into force in July last year, this legislation has yet to show how effective it is in protecting the rights of disabled people.
Fatimah said: " Where is the justice for disabled people when even the parking spaces for the PWDs are being abused? Is it the case of public apathy against the disabled?"
A check at several public spots confirmed Fatimah's views.
At the North-South Highway's Sungai Buloh rest area, all the three parking bays reserved for vehicles of the PWDs were observed to be frequently full with motorcycles.
The same goes for parking lots reserved for the handicapped at several shopping complexes in the city where they are utilised by vehicles with non-handicapped drivers and occupants.
FIRST CLASS TREATMENT
Still smarting from a similar distasteful experience in 2006, this writer who is wearing a prosthetic leg hesitantly hobbled into a bank in Petaling Jaya recently as he had to settle an outstanding bill.
The electronic queue number board showed '5041' and this writer's heart sank as a glance at the queue number slip in his hand revealed that his turn at the counter was after another 60 clients.
Then a pleasant surprise happened!"Can I help you sir?" A bank officer who appeared out of now where, asked.
The writer was assisted to a counter and his transaction was done within minutes.
The day turned out to a very thrilling and enjoyable for this writer as he experienced 'first-class' treatment at the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) office at Jalan Gasing in Petaling Jaya and Inland Revenue Board (IRB) office in Shah Alam, Selangor.
At the EPF office, this writer was ushered to a counter and the officer there settled his request for certain documents within mere minutes.
At the Shah Alam IRB office, he enjoyed 'green lane' and VIP treatment where he did not have to pick a queue number and an officer even invited him to a counter to entertain his request for a refund.
Now, that is first-class treatment for a PWD.
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ACT
The Persons With Disabilities Act came into force on July 7, 2008. This is the first rights-based legislation for people with disabilities (PWD).
Former Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen was reported to have said that with the enforcement of the Act, people with disabilities would be able to enjoy better public transport facilities, amenities and services.
They will also have equal opportunities to health, education, information, communication and technology, habilitation and re-habilitation, improved employment opportunities as well as sports, leisure and cultural life, she said.
This act provides for the registration, protection, rehabilitation, development, and well being of people with disabilities along with the establishment of National Council for People with Disabilities.
However the then president of the Malaysian Bar Council Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan noted that:
"There is no provision for any penalty for any party who does not live up to the obligations under the Act".
She was reported as saying that although the Act stated that persons with disabilities have the right to enjoy the benefits of public transport, housing, education, employment and healthcare, it did not offer remedies if they face discrimination in these areas.
BERNAMA
"This Parking Lot Is For The Disabled"
By Zulkiple Ibrahim
KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 (Bernama) - Recently a daily reported the claim of a wheelchair-bound man about an unpleasant treatment that he encountered during a trip to a commercial bank in Subang Jaya near here.
In the report, the physically-handicapped man claimed that he had to wait for some 45 minutes outside the bank before getting assistance, as there was no facility for a wheelchair-bound person to get into the premises.
"No need to go to the bank lah. Ask your wife lah," said a friend in colloquial English.
Earlier, this writer who is a person with disability (PWD) and previously wheelchair-bound, had related the above experience to the friend.
"What ever happens to the Persons with Disabilities Act 2008?" queried academician Fatimah Mansur.
She said even though the Persons with Disabilities Act came into force in July last year, this legislation has yet to show how effective it is in protecting the rights of disabled people.
Fatimah said: " Where is the justice for disabled people when even the parking spaces for the PWDs are being abused? Is it the case of public apathy against the disabled?"
A check at several public spots confirmed Fatimah's views.
At the North-South Highway's Sungai Buloh rest area, all the three parking bays reserved for vehicles of the PWDs were observed to be frequently full with motorcycles.
The same goes for parking lots reserved for the handicapped at several shopping complexes in the city where they are utilised by vehicles with non-handicapped drivers and occupants.
FIRST CLASS TREATMENT
Still smarting from a similar distasteful experience in 2006, this writer who is wearing a prosthetic leg hesitantly hobbled into a bank in Petaling Jaya recently as he had to settle an outstanding bill.
The electronic queue number board showed '5041' and this writer's heart sank as a glance at the queue number slip in his hand revealed that his turn at the counter was after another 60 clients.
Then a pleasant surprise happened!"Can I help you sir?" A bank officer who appeared out of now where, asked.
The writer was assisted to a counter and his transaction was done within minutes.
The day turned out to a very thrilling and enjoyable for this writer as he experienced 'first-class' treatment at the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) office at Jalan Gasing in Petaling Jaya and Inland Revenue Board (IRB) office in Shah Alam, Selangor.
At the EPF office, this writer was ushered to a counter and the officer there settled his request for certain documents within mere minutes.
At the Shah Alam IRB office, he enjoyed 'green lane' and VIP treatment where he did not have to pick a queue number and an officer even invited him to a counter to entertain his request for a refund.
Now, that is first-class treatment for a PWD.
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ACT
The Persons With Disabilities Act came into force on July 7, 2008. This is the first rights-based legislation for people with disabilities (PWD).
Former Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen was reported to have said that with the enforcement of the Act, people with disabilities would be able to enjoy better public transport facilities, amenities and services.
They will also have equal opportunities to health, education, information, communication and technology, habilitation and re-habilitation, improved employment opportunities as well as sports, leisure and cultural life, she said.
This act provides for the registration, protection, rehabilitation, development, and well being of people with disabilities along with the establishment of National Council for People with Disabilities.
However the then president of the Malaysian Bar Council Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan noted that:
"There is no provision for any penalty for any party who does not live up to the obligations under the Act".
She was reported as saying that although the Act stated that persons with disabilities have the right to enjoy the benefits of public transport, housing, education, employment and healthcare, it did not offer remedies if they face discrimination in these areas.
BERNAMA
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