甲洞无障碍设施缺轮椅斜道 残疾者冒险闯虎口

甲洞无障碍设施缺轮椅斜道 残疾者冒险闯虎口

2010/07/16 6:17:42 PM

●南洋商报

（吉隆坡16日讯）甲洞区无障碍设施中看不中用，残疾人士被逼使用马路，冒险与汽车“赛跑”，才能抵达目的地，旁人看得心惊胆战！

甲洞与增江一带是残疾人士聚集地，单是甲洞卫星市就有130名靠轮椅代步的残疾人，他们经常使用分别衔接卫星市与孟加拉拉镇及美娜园的两座“友谊桥”，到工作、上课或聚会地点。

即使有关两座友谊桥及路旁都设有残疾设施，但中看不中用，镶嵌地砖与导盲砖的人行道，却独缺轮椅斜道，轮椅使用者被逼使用马路，与汽车“争”车道，甚至“驶”上高架天桥，旁人不禁为他们的安危忧心。

缺德车主霸位停车

更甚的是，虽然甲洞区部分无障碍设施符合标准，既设有导盲砖，也有轮椅斜道，但是，很多缺德的车主却在人行道上违例停车，轮椅使用者同样被逼使用马路。

Japan Embassy provides recycling jobs for the disabled

Japan Embassy provides recycling jobs for the disabled

Hafizah Hoze Rizal

 

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 10:56:00

ALL-ROUND GOOD: Wheelchair-bound Matthew Seow, 33, and Katrina Low, 25, discarding waste into the recycle bin at the Pandamaran Chinese Methodist Church in Port Klang yesterday. — Pic: SALHANI IBRAHIM

PORT KLANG: More recycling bins will be installed in Klang town as the Embassy of Japan has donated 50 recycle bins to the Beautiful Gate Foundation For The Disabled (Beautiful Gate) yesterday.
The handing-over ceremony, held at the Pandamaran Chinese Methodist Church, was officiated by Japan's Ambassador to Malaysia, Masahiko Horie and witnessed by Selangor State executive councillor Ronnie Liu and Beautiful Gate chairman Boh Che Suan.
Horie said the recycle bins came under the Embassy of Japan's Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects Scheme.
"We find this meaningful as it offers job opportunities to the disabled. Not only that, through this, we are indirectly encouraging the public to recycle more often," he said.
"We want the public to develop the value of the 3Rs, which is reduce, reuse and recycle. It is crucial to practice the 3Rs as our natural resources are disappearing fast."
Beautiful Gate has been actively involved in recycling activities since 2007. Last year, they submitted a proposal to the Japanese embassy in order to expand the recycling activities and were granted RM155,000 on March 11 this year.
Beautiful Gate executive director Sia Siew Chin said: "Most of the disabled are jobless, so we started the recycling activities in 2007. Through such activities, the disabled are able to gain job experience. At first, it was pretty hard to encourage people to recycle. But now, many understand the importance of recycling."
A resident at Beautiful Gate, 32-year-old Lau Meng Hung, expressed his gratitude over the recycling activities.
"I have tried finding jobs but many rejected me as I am disabled. But through these recycling activities, I have gained a lot of experience such as knowing how to sort the materials accordingly," said Lau, a Sarawakian who has been living at the foundation's home for three years.
Another resident, 27-year-old Lim Chow Tee was ecstatic when asked how she felt.
"I am very happy. The foundation has helped me a lot," said Lim, who is disabled due to an accident.
"We feel appreciated when we are involved in such activities. We may not be educated, but we can learn to expand our working skills."
Beautiful Gate was founded in 2003 and established its first home in Petaling Jaya. Subsequently, more homes were set up in Kuala Lumpur, Perak, Negri Sembilan and Malacca.