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December 13, 2010
International Disability Day-Melaka, Malaysia
The following information was downloaded from the mailing list of "Disability and Development" with a cooperation of the publisher, Mr. Soya Mori.
MELAKA, Dec 11 (Bernama) - The Minister of Women, Family and Community Development, Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, is concerned that many disabled people have not registgered themselves with the Welfare Department.
She said that 313,685 disabled people had registered with the department as of August this year - which is much fewer than the total estimated by the World Health Organisation.
Shahrizat noted that WHO estimated that disabled people made up 10 percent of the population of every country.
In view of this, the department launched a campaign today to encourage disabled people to register themselves, she said at a function to mark Disabled People Day at Ayer Keroh here.
Her speach was read out by the Secretary General of the Ministry, Datuk Dr Noorul Ainur Mohd Nur. She could not attend because she was being treated for food poisoning and the function was opened by Meleka Chief Datuk Sri Mohd Ali Rustam.
Shahrizat said the six-month campaign under an outreach programme will be carried out at shopping complexes.
She said that information on disabled people, including their numbers and the type of disability, was necessary in planning services and amenities for them.
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=549385
Posted by jicafriends at December 13, 2010 10:40 AM