NEW MINISTER FOR WELFARE MINISTER OF MALAYSIA

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
Disabled Members Protest at JPJ Wangsa Maju

ILTC Malaysia members staged a protest outside JPJ Wangsamaju KL.

ILTC Malaysia members staged a protest outside JPJ Wangsamaju KL.
Disabled group’s protest disabled drivers required to produce doc's medical report.

Thursday 8 December 2011

Our day to be loud and proud


Thursday December 8, 2011


Our day to be loud and proud

INTERNATIONAL Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) took off with a blast in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, last Saturday. More than 150 people took a couple of hours off from their daily routine to join the revelry at a street party in a local neighbourhood.

They came in their wheelchairs, walking sticks and white canes. Virtually nothing could stop them. And I was there, too.

We wanted to be loud and proud on our special day, which is commemorated on Dec 3 by the United Nations each year.

The host was the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ). The mayor, Datuk Roslan Sakiman, was present. And so were the directors of MBPJ’s planning and health departments, along with a couple of the city’s councillors.

And in something that isn’t often seen, all the top brass of the PJ council stayed back right to the very end of the event. And it wasn’t difficult to see why.

Whether they were handicapped by a physical condition, blind or deaf, each of the participants under the canopy wore a bright smile. Their smiles were so infectious that it spread to the able-bodied, too, who were made up of caregivers, volunteers and MBPJ staff.

The morning began with a couple of speeches. Datuk Roslan said that Petaling Jaya was privileged and proud to commemorate International Disabled Day. His remark drew smiles, nods and claps from the disabled participants.

He reminded everyone, especially the able-bodied, that disability was everybody’s concern.

“We are all growing older every day and will one day have disabilities of our own, so we had better get used to it,” he quipped. “Thus building a Petaling Jaya city that is friendly to everyone is certainly a forward thinking move.”

The mayor then led a band of disabled activists and residents up a newly-built wheelchair ramp to the nearby shoplots. It was one of MBPJ’s best disabled-friendly designs. The gradient was as gentle as possible so that even the weakest wheelchair-user could access it.

A wheelchair-friendly covered car park was also provided next to the ramp. This was to ensure that drivers with disabilities would be protected from the elements.

The ramp led to scores of shops on the higher floors. There were numerous office lots. A restaurant was located at the far end.

The ramp even led users to a veterinary clinic and a pet food store where the elderly could patronise.

All the wheelchair-users who used the ramp and checked out the car park for the disabled, gave it a resounding thumbs-up. After the launch, the mayor and his team joined the disabled for a good half-hour of music therapy session with pounding drums and shaking tambourines.

A special guest, Ashley Bryant, from Mobility International USA, commented after the event: “I was thrilled to be among so many Malaysians with disabilities and their allies on such an auspicious day as IDPD to create a cacophony of sounds to let the world know what is happening.

“And as the ruckus turned slowly into beautiful rhythms, it was great to find a common pulse with everyone,” said Bryant, who hails from Eugene, Oregon, one of the friendliest cities in the world for persons with disabilities. Bryant was here on a group study exchange programme.

“As a rep from an organisation that has been promoting active participation of disabled people the world over in development and foreign exchange, we were delighted to see such positive changes taking place in the lives of people with disabilities in Petaling Jaya.

“It was great to see Malaysians with disabilities actively working together with the PJ local council to turn the city into a model disabled-friendly environment for all. To accomplish this, people with and without disabilities, as citizens or as policy-makers, need to tune in to one another’s needs. Only then can they really turn up the volume!” added Bryant.

As for the participants, they said they couldn’t recall an event that was so fun and exciting.

Tuesday 6 December 2011

Cheque Presentation Ceremony

Magnum donates RM2,100.00 to Mr. Munusamy family.

Magnum had donated RM2,100.00 Mr. Munusamy family through “Magnum Cares” community support fund raising programme.

ILTC have made the arrangement.

Our congratulations and thanks to Magnum who have contributed.



PJ New Town to be turned into the city’s first disabled-friendly area



Monday December 5, 2011

PJ New Town to be turned into the city’s first disabled-friendly area

By JADE CHAN
jade@thestar.com.my
Photo by NORMAN HIU


Petaling Jaya mayor Datuk Mohamad Roslan Sakiman said the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) has taken the initial steps to implement various disabled-friendly facilities in Section 52, and intends to invite the area’s business community to participate and contribute to the initiative as part of their social responsibility.

“The MBPJ has plans to install more infrastructure like covered parking, ramps, disabled-friendly toilets and tactile paving at 150 locations all over Petaling Jaya to make more areas accessible to the disabled.

“The installation will be staggered over a span of five years,” he said.

Roslan was speaking at the launch of the Petaling Jaya Disability Day celebration, which was held to commemorate International Day of Persons with Disabilities that falls on Dec 3.

A convenience: Roslan helping Independent Living and Training Centre president Francis Siva down the newly-installed ramp at the Gasing Veterinary Hospital.

He also officiated at the unveiling of a ramp and covered parking for the disabled at the Gasing Veterinary Hospital in Gasing Indah, Petaling Jaya.

MBPJ Town Planning director Sharipah Marhaini Syed Ali said the MBPJ also plans to connect all the parks in Petaling Jaya by linking these using a universal design and ensuring they are disabled-friendly.

“The parks will be linked using existing pedestrian walkways. We will also go down to the ground to look into how to fill in the missing links to connect all the parks.

“This exercise will allow us to gain more green space,” she said.

In his speech, MBPJ councillor and Petpositive president Anthony Thanasayan said MBPJ was the first local council in Selangor to establish a committee to look into the needs of the disabled and elderly.

“There are many changes taking place in Petaling Jaya because of this move, including Petaling Jaya’s first disabled-friendly park in Section 6,” he said.

“Even other organisations like Prasarana and Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd are learning from MBPJ on how to improve their facilities for the disabled.”

The highlight of the event was a drum circle performance where invited guests from various disability-related organisations pounded, tapped and jingled their drums and percussions to their hearts’ content.