Good news: As a result of lobbying from several organisations for the disabled, the Road Transport Department (RTD) has decided to abolish the need for handicapped people to present themselves at its offices to renew licences and road tax, has met with positive response.  Read more about it here.

Read here a March 2006 Memorandum sent by NGOs headed by POCAM on the issues related to the disabled to be considered by the government in their planning for 2007 budget (in Bahasa Malaysia).

"Basic needs of all must be taken care of first", says our President in a letter to the Star on 7th August 2005.

Our President sent a letter to The Star on 20th July 2005, in response to the statement that Selangor has achieved the status of a developed state.

POCAM was disappointed with the statement by Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu regarding disabled persons being not agile enough for jobs in toll booths (New Straits Times, June 20, 2005).  We wrote about this to the New Straits Times in a letter published on June 27, 2005.

Read here a June 2005 memo on dialog with City Council Kuala Lumpur on issue related to the disabled in their coming budget for 2006 (in Bahasa Malaysia).(PDF version).

April 2005 memorandum submitted by various NGOs to the Ministry of Finance for consideration on 2006 budget.(PDF version).

March 2005 memorandum on disability issues for the 9th Malaysia Plan, findings of a Workshop held on 20th March 2005 at YMCA Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, and submitted by various NGOs to the government (PDF version).

The Bi-annual General Meeting was held on 5 June 2005, in Petaling Jaya.   Nearly 200 members attended, and a new Executive Committee was elected

Our current Executive Committee members, for the term 2005-07, are:

Our annual appeal letter has gone out in early March 2005.  Please write us if you did not receive it.