Dr Xavier To Launch Disabled Day This Weekend

PETPOSITIVE NEWSFLASH! 

DATELINE BANDAR UTAMA, PETALING JAYA: 

THE PETALING JAYA CITY COUNCIL or MBPJ is celebrating International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) this weekend. 

The United Nations designated day which falls on December 3 each year will be observed by MBPJ on Saturday December 8th with the same theme: Removing barriers to create and inclusive and accessible society for all. 

The PJ local council will promote the inclusion of Malaysians with disabilities to be included in all decision-making processes involving them. MBPJ will also focus on its ongoing efforts to make the city accessible by getting rid of all types of barriers in society that impedes the normal living of the disabled and elderly.

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of which Malaysia is a signatory of recognizes that the existence of barriers constitutes a central component of disability.

Under the Convention, disability is an evolving concept that results from the interaction between persons with impairments and attitudinal and environmental barriers that hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others.

Selangor Exco YB Dr Xavier Jayakumar will be officiating the event together with MBPJ's Deputy Mayor Puasa M Taib. MBPJ will be reaffirming its commitment to create a barrier-free society and promoting the setting up of disabled committees in all of the states of Selangor.

Everyone is invited to witness this epoch making event. See you there! 

WHEN: Saturday, 8 December 2012    

WHERE: High Street, Main Entrance of Ground Floor (New Wing) 1 Utama Shopping Complex, Petaling Jaya, Selangor

TIME: 10am - 1pm

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